diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs.h b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs.h
index 37c8903e7fd0..8d79a48ccd38 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 
 struct ib_uverbs_device {
 	atomic_t				refcount;
-	int					num_comp_vectors;
+	u32					num_comp_vectors;
 	struct completion			comp;
 	struct device			       *dev;
 	struct ib_device	__rcu	       *ib_dev;
diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
index b8a5118b6a42..4a4319331989 100644
--- a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
+++ b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ enum ib_cq_creation_flags {
 
 struct ib_cq_init_attr {
 	unsigned int	cqe;
-	int		comp_vector;
+	u32		comp_vector;
 	u32		flags;
 };