diff --git a/lib/iov_iter.c b/lib/iov_iter.c
index 15f5040709c3..73715d10c812 100644
--- a/lib/iov_iter.c
+++ b/lib/iov_iter.c
@@ -1167,11 +1167,12 @@ const void *dup_iter(struct iov_iter *new, struct iov_iter *old, gfp_t flags)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dup_iter);
 
 static __noclone int copy_compat_iovec_from_user(struct iovec *iov,
-		const struct iovec __user *uvec, unsigned long nr_segs)
+		const struct iovec __user *uvec, u32 nr_segs)
 {
 	const struct compat_iovec __user *uiov =
 		(const struct compat_iovec __user *)uvec;
-	int ret = -EFAULT, i;
+	int ret = -EFAULT;
+	u32 i;
 
 	if (!user_access_begin(uiov, nr_segs * sizeof(*uiov)))
 		return -EFAULT;