diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c b/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c
index 8a7b7362c0dd..d069e0d3768b 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c
@@ -1724,7 +1724,7 @@ static bool copy_data(struct prb_data_ring *data_ring,
 	if (!buf || !buf_size)
 		return true;
 
-	data_size = min_t(u16, buf_size, len);
+	data_size = min_t(unsigned int, buf_size, len);
 
 	memcpy(&buf[0], data, data_size); /* LMM(copy_data:A) */
 	return true;