diff --git a/mm/gup_benchmark.c b/mm/gup_benchmark.c
index 6a473709e9b6..7405c9d89d65 100644
--- a/mm/gup_benchmark.c
+++ b/mm/gup_benchmark.c
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ static int __gup_benchmark_ioctl(unsigned int cmd,
 		struct gup_benchmark *gup)
 {
 	ktime_t start_time, end_time;
-	unsigned long i, nr, nr_pages, addr, next;
+	unsigned long i, nr_pages, addr, next;
+	int nr;
 	struct page **pages;
 
 	nr_pages = gup->size / PAGE_SIZE;