diff --git a/include/linux/bitmap.h b/include/linux/bitmap.h
index dc56304ac829..dec03c0dbc21 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitmap.h
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ static __always_inline int bitmap_weight(const unsigned long *src, unsigned int
 }
 
 static inline void bitmap_shift_right(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *src,
-				unsigned int shift, int nbits)
+				unsigned int shift, unsigned int nbits)
 {
 	if (small_const_nbits(nbits))
 		*dst = (*src & BITMAP_LAST_WORD_MASK(nbits)) >> shift;