diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index 826dd76f662e..5947b5a5686d 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(mem_sysfs_mutex);
 
 static int sections_per_block;
 
-static inline int base_memory_block_id(int section_nr)
+static inline int base_memory_block_id(unsigned long section_nr)
 {
 	return section_nr / sections_per_block;
 }
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ static ssize_t phys_index_show(struct device *dev,
 static ssize_t removable_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 			      char *buf)
 {
-	unsigned long i, pfn;
-	int ret = 1;
 	struct memory_block *mem = to_memory_block(dev);
+	unsigned long pfn;
+	int ret = 1, i;
 
 	if (mem->state != MEM_ONLINE)
 		goto out;
@@ -691,15 +691,15 @@ static int init_memory_block(struct memory_block **memory, int block_id,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int add_memory_block(int base_section_nr)
+static int add_memory_block(unsigned long base_section_nr)
 {
+	int ret, section_count = 0;
 	struct memory_block *mem;
-	int i, ret, section_count = 0;
+	unsigned long nr;
 
-	for (i = base_section_nr;
-	     i < base_section_nr + sections_per_block;
-	     i++)
-		if (present_section_nr(i))
+	for (nr = base_section_nr; nr < base_section_nr + sections_per_block;
+	     nr++)
+		if (present_section_nr(nr))
 			section_count++;
 
 	if (section_count == 0)
@@ -822,10 +822,9 @@ static const struct attribute_group *memory_root_attr_groups[] = {
  */
 int __init memory_dev_init(void)
 {
-	unsigned int i;
 	int ret;
 	int err;
-	unsigned long block_sz;
+	unsigned long block_sz, nr;
 
 	ret = subsys_system_register(&memory_subsys, memory_root_attr_groups);
 	if (ret)
@@ -839,9 +838,9 @@ int __init memory_dev_init(void)
 	 * during boot and have been initialized
 	 */
 	mutex_lock(&mem_sysfs_mutex);
-	for (i = 0; i <= __highest_present_section_nr;
-		i += sections_per_block) {
-		err = add_memory_block(i);
+	for (nr = 0; nr <= __highest_present_section_nr;
+	     nr += sections_per_block) {
+		err = add_memory_block(nr);
 		if (!ret)
 			ret = err;
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 70394cabaf4e..298d1c3e4c2e 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ static inline struct mem_section *__nr_to_section(unsigned long nr)
 		return NULL;
 	return &mem_section[SECTION_NR_TO_ROOT(nr)][nr & SECTION_ROOT_MASK];
 }
-extern int __section_nr(struct mem_section* ms);
+extern unsigned long __section_nr(struct mem_section *ms);
 extern unsigned long usemap_size(void);
 
 /*
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ static inline struct mem_section *__pfn_to_section(unsigned long pfn)
 	return __nr_to_section(pfn_to_section_nr(pfn));
 }
 
-extern int __highest_present_section_nr;
+extern unsigned long __highest_present_section_nr;
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_PFN_VALID
 static inline int pfn_valid(unsigned long pfn)
diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index fe44b2d3bd7e..b29534cea8c0 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static inline int sparse_index_init(unsigned long section_nr, int nid)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_EXTREME
-int __section_nr(struct mem_section* ms)
+unsigned long __section_nr(struct mem_section *ms)
 {
 	unsigned long root_nr;
 	struct mem_section *root = NULL;
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ int __section_nr(struct mem_section* ms)
 	return (root_nr * SECTIONS_PER_ROOT) + (ms - root);
 }
 #else
-int __section_nr(struct mem_section* ms)
+unsigned long __section_nr(struct mem_section *ms)
 {
-	return (int)(ms - mem_section[0]);
+	return (unsigned long)(ms - mem_section[0]);
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -178,10 +178,10 @@ void __meminit mminit_validate_memmodel_limits(unsigned long *start_pfn,
  * Keeping track of this gives us an easy way to break out of
  * those loops early.
  */
-int __highest_present_section_nr;
+unsigned long __highest_present_section_nr;
 static void section_mark_present(struct mem_section *ms)
 {
-	int section_nr = __section_nr(ms);
+	unsigned long section_nr = __section_nr(ms);
 
 	if (section_nr > __highest_present_section_nr)
 		__highest_present_section_nr = section_nr;
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static void section_mark_present(struct mem_section *ms)
 	ms->section_mem_map |= SECTION_MARKED_PRESENT;
 }
 
-static inline int next_present_section_nr(int section_nr)
+static inline unsigned long next_present_section_nr(unsigned long section_nr)
 {
 	do {
 		section_nr++;