diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c
index fe78f7d25099..a1768dbb0720 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ struct ib_umem *ib_umem_get(struct ib_ucontext *context, unsigned long addr,
 	ret = 0;
 	while (npages) {
 		ret = get_user_pages(current, current->mm, cur_base,
-				     min_t(int, npages,
+				     min_t(unsigned long, npages,
 					   PAGE_SIZE / sizeof (struct page *)),
 				     1, !umem->writable, page_list, vma_list);