diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
index 536009e50387..fd5bb6f7f5f7 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ nfsd_proc_write(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd_writeargs *argp,
 	int	stable = 1;
 	unsigned long cnt = argp->len;
 
-	dprintk("nfsd: WRITE    %s %d bytes at %d\n",
+	dprintk("nfsd: WRITE    %s %u bytes at %d\n",
 		SVCFH_fmt(&argp->fh),
 		argp->len, argp->offset);
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/xdr.h b/fs/nfsd/xdr.h
index 4f0481d63804..8c78b56a9350 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/xdr.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/xdr.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ struct nfsd_readargs {
 struct nfsd_writeargs {
 	svc_fh			fh;
 	__u32			offset;
-	int			len;
+	__u32			len;
 	int			vlen;
 };