diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 82975b5b42f7..49d2fa7b687a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -4912,7 +4912,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(sched_getaffinity, pid_t, pid, unsigned int, len,
 
 	ret = sched_getaffinity(pid, mask);
 	if (ret == 0) {
-		int retlen = min(len, cpumask_size());
+		size_t retlen = min_t(size_t, len, cpumask_size());
 
 		if (copy_to_user(user_mask_ptr, mask, retlen))
 			ret = -EFAULT;