diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
index 9c9de2b66e64..bbd01e8397f6 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ nfsd_proc_write(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	unsigned long cnt = argp->len;
 	unsigned int nvecs;
 
-	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 0ff336b0b25f..b8cc6a4b2e0e 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/xdr.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/xdr.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ struct nfsd_readargs {
 struct nfsd_writeargs {
 	svc_fh			fh;
 	__u32			offset;
-	int			len;
+	__u32			len;
 	struct kvec		first;
 };