diff --git a/drivers/android/binder.c b/drivers/android/binder.c
index 11d65e23f1b6..3abd5619a9e6 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binder.c
@@ -5165,7 +5165,7 @@ static long binder_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 			goto err;
 		break;
 	case BINDER_SET_MAX_THREADS: {
-		int max_threads;
+		u32 max_threads;
 
 		if (copy_from_user(&max_threads, ubuf,
 				   sizeof(max_threads))) {
diff --git a/drivers/android/binder_internal.h b/drivers/android/binder_internal.h
index 1ade9799c8d5..da9ead1cff6f 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/android/binder_internal.h
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ struct binder_proc {
 	struct list_head todo;
 	struct binder_stats stats;
 	struct list_head delivered_death;
-	int max_threads;
+	u32 max_threads;
 	int requested_threads;
 	int requested_threads_started;
 	int tmp_ref;