diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index 1a9fe7f816d1..07132c4e99f3 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -4079,7 +4079,8 @@ int CIFSFindNext(const int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	T2_FNEXT_RSP_PARMS *parms;
 	char *response_data;
 	int rc = 0;
-	int bytes_returned, name_len;
+	int bytes_returned;
+	unsigned int name_len;
 	__u16 params, byte_count;
 
 	cFYI(1, "In FindNext");