diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
index 04b26ca06180..faa084ff4f17 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_invalid_op);
  */
 static int drm_copy_field(char __user *buf, size_t *buf_len, const char *value)
 {
-	int len;
+	size_t len;
 
 	/* don't overflow userbuf */
 	len = strlen(value);