diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 12bac250c8e4..a105c657be37 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -4253,13 +4253,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fs_reclaim_release);
 #endif
 
 /* Perform direct synchronous page reclaim */
-static int
+static unsigned long
 __perform_reclaim(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 					const struct alloc_context *ac)
 {
-	int progress;
 	unsigned int noreclaim_flag;
-	unsigned long pflags;
+	unsigned long pflags, progress;
 
 	cond_resched();