diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h b/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h
index eb83be693d60..d77c4829c497 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ struct cached_dev {
 	int64_t			writeback_rate_proportional;
 	int64_t			writeback_rate_integral;
 	int64_t			writeback_rate_integral_scaled;
-	int64_t			writeback_rate_change;
+	int32_t			writeback_rate_change;
 
 	unsigned		writeback_rate_update_seconds;
 	unsigned		writeback_rate_i_term_inverse;
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/util.h b/drivers/md/bcache/util.h
index cb8d2ccbb6c6..8f509290bb02 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/util.h
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/util.h
@@ -441,10 +441,10 @@ struct bch_ratelimit {
 	uint64_t		next;
 
 	/*
-	 * Rate at which we want to do work, in units per nanosecond
+	 * Rate at which we want to do work, in units per second
 	 * The units here correspond to the units passed to bch_next_delay()
 	 */
-	unsigned		rate;
+	uint32_t		rate;
 };
 
 static inline void bch_ratelimit_reset(struct bch_ratelimit *d)
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c b/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c
index 8deb721c355e..897d28050656 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ static void __update_writeback_rate(struct cached_dev *dc)
 	int64_t error = dirty - target;
 	int64_t proportional_scaled =
 		div_s64(error, dc->writeback_rate_p_term_inverse);
-	int64_t integral_scaled, new_rate;
+	int64_t integral_scaled;
+	uint32_t new_rate;
 
 	if ((error < 0 && dc->writeback_rate_integral > 0) ||
 	    (error > 0 && time_before64(local_clock(),
@@ -74,8 +75,8 @@ static void __update_writeback_rate(struct cached_dev *dc)
 	integral_scaled = div_s64(dc->writeback_rate_integral,
 			dc->writeback_rate_i_term_inverse);
 
-	new_rate = clamp_t(int64_t, (proportional_scaled + integral_scaled),
-			dc->writeback_rate_minimum, NSEC_PER_MSEC);
+	new_rate = clamp_t(int32_t, (proportional_scaled + integral_scaled),
+			dc->writeback_rate_minimum, NSEC_PER_SEC);
 
 	dc->writeback_rate_proportional = proportional_scaled;
 	dc->writeback_rate_integral_scaled = integral_scaled;