diff --git a/include/linux/lockd/xdr.h b/include/linux/lockd/xdr.h
index 83a1f9f..df18fa0 100644
--- a/include/linux/lockd/xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/lockd/xdr.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 /* Lock info passed via NLM */
 struct nlm_lock {
 	char *			caller;
-	int			len; 	/* length of "caller" */
+	unsigned int		len; 	/* length of "caller" */
 	struct nfs_fh		fh;
 	struct xdr_netobj	oh;
 	u32			svid;
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
  */
 struct nlm_reboot {
 	char *		mon;
-	int		len;
+	unsigned int	len;
 	u32		state;
 	__be32		addr;
 	__be32		vers;