diff --git a/include/linux/bitmap.h b/include/linux/bitmap.h
index 7048782fe5b9..2f3f3a4d5996 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitmap.h
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ extern void __bitmap_xor(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *bitmap1,
 extern int __bitmap_andnot(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *bitmap1,
 			const unsigned long *bitmap2, unsigned int nbits);
 extern int __bitmap_intersects(const unsigned long *bitmap1,
-			const unsigned long *bitmap2, int bits);
+			const unsigned long *bitmap2, unsigned int nbits);
 extern int __bitmap_subset(const unsigned long *bitmap1,
 			const unsigned long *bitmap2, int bits);
 extern int __bitmap_weight(const unsigned long *bitmap, int bits);
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ static inline int bitmap_equal(const unsigned long *src1,
 }
 
 static inline int bitmap_intersects(const unsigned long *src1,
-			const unsigned long *src2, int nbits)
+			const unsigned long *src2, unsigned int nbits)
 {
 	if (small_const_nbits(nbits))
 		return ((*src1 & *src2) & BITMAP_LAST_WORD_MASK(nbits)) != 0;
diff --git a/lib/bitmap.c b/lib/bitmap.c
index 03207373cc5a..e85daa90b237 100644
--- a/lib/bitmap.c
+++ b/lib/bitmap.c
@@ -230,9 +230,9 @@ int __bitmap_andnot(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *bitmap1,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__bitmap_andnot);
 
 int __bitmap_intersects(const unsigned long *bitmap1,
-				const unsigned long *bitmap2, int bits)
+			const unsigned long *bitmap2, unsigned int bits)
 {
-	int k, lim = bits/BITS_PER_LONG;
+	unsigned int k, lim = bits/BITS_PER_LONG;
 	for (k = 0; k < lim; ++k)
 		if (bitmap1[k] & bitmap2[k])
 			return 1;