diff --git a/include/linux/nfsd/xdr.h b/include/linux/nfsd/xdr.h
index 49ddf7903b92ab964346a80b70b764cdd1b23f91..a0132ef58f2128c9fe25f1412f9959355db92d58 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfsd/xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfsd/xdr.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ struct nfsd_symlinkargs {
 	char *			fname;
 	unsigned int		flen;
 	char *			tname;
-	int			tlen;
+	unsigned int		tlen;
 	struct iattr		attrs;
 };
 
diff --git a/include/linux/nfsd/xdr3.h b/include/linux/nfsd/xdr3.h
index 6fdb958043f09c69699125f59fa1efad1c9887f3..421eddd65a25a7968b8abe94d4f041e4f9aa0319 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfsd/xdr3.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfsd/xdr3.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ struct nfsd3_symlinkargs {
 	char *			fname;
 	unsigned int		flen;
 	char *			tname;
-	int			tlen;
+	unsigned int		tlen;
 	struct iattr		attrs;
 };