diff --git a/include/linux/highmem-internal.h b/include/linux/highmem-internal.h
index 65f865fbbac0..dd100e849f5e 100644
--- a/include/linux/highmem-internal.h
+++ b/include/linux/highmem-internal.h
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ static inline void __kunmap_atomic(const void *addr)
 		preempt_enable();
 }
 
-unsigned int __nr_free_highpages(void);
+unsigned long __nr_free_highpages(void);
 unsigned long __totalhigh_pages(void);
 
-static inline unsigned int nr_free_highpages(void)
+static inline unsigned long nr_free_highpages(void)
 {
 	return __nr_free_highpages();
 }
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ static inline void __kunmap_atomic(const void *addr)
 		preempt_enable();
 }
 
-static inline unsigned int nr_free_highpages(void) { return 0; }
-static inline unsigned long totalhigh_pages(void) { return 0UL; }
+static inline unsigned long nr_free_highpages(void) { return 0; }
+static inline unsigned long totalhigh_pages(void) { return 0; }
 
 static inline bool is_kmap_addr(const void *x)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/highmem.h b/include/linux/highmem.h
index 00341b56d291..fa6891e06316 100644
--- a/include/linux/highmem.h
+++ b/include/linux/highmem.h
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static inline void *kmap_local_folio(struct folio *folio, size_t offset);
 static inline void *kmap_atomic(struct page *page);
 
 /* Highmem related interfaces for management code */
-static inline unsigned int nr_free_highpages(void);
+static inline unsigned long nr_free_highpages(void);
 static inline unsigned long totalhigh_pages(void);
 
 #ifndef ARCH_HAS_FLUSH_ANON_PAGE
diff --git a/mm/highmem.c b/mm/highmem.c
index b14771fb05ed..ef3189b36cad 100644
--- a/mm/highmem.c
+++ b/mm/highmem.c
@@ -111,10 +111,10 @@ static inline wait_queue_head_t *get_pkmap_wait_queue_head(unsigned int color)
 }
 #endif
 
-unsigned int __nr_free_highpages(void)
+unsigned long __nr_free_highpages(void)
 {
+	unsigned long pages = 0;
 	struct zone *zone;
-	unsigned int pages = 0;
 
 	for_each_populated_zone(zone) {
 		if (is_highmem(zone))