diff --git a/fs/bio.c b/fs/bio.c
index 2bdb4e25ee77..33d79a4eb92d 100644
--- a/fs/bio.c
+++ b/fs/bio.c
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_get_nr_vecs);
 
 static int __bio_add_page(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio, struct page
 			  *page, unsigned int len, unsigned int offset,
-			  unsigned short max_sectors)
+			  unsigned int max_sectors)
 {
 	int retried_segments = 0;
 	struct bio_vec *bvec;