diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
index 8e233edd7a09..871bd3550cb0 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ static int zram_bvec_read(struct zram *zram, struct bio_vec *bvec,
 static inline void update_used_max(struct zram *zram,
 					const unsigned long pages)
 {
-	int old_max, cur_max;
+	unsigned long old_max, cur_max;
 
 	old_max = atomic_long_read(&zram->stats.max_used_pages);