diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/page.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/page.h
index 0844b780c6a4..dd345238d9a7 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/page.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/page.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
-extern unsigned int HPAGE_SHIFT;
+extern int HPAGE_SHIFT;
 #define HPAGE_SIZE	(1UL << HPAGE_SHIFT)
 #define HPAGE_MASK	(~(HPAGE_SIZE - 1))
 #define HUGETLB_PAGE_ORDER	(HPAGE_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT)
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/s390/mm/pgtable.c
index 16154720bdb6..33082d0d101b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #define ALLOC_ORDER	2
 #define FRAG_MASK	0x03
 
-unsigned int HPAGE_SHIFT;
+int HPAGE_SHIFT;
 
 unsigned long *crst_table_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {