diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index 431b7fc605c9..7d7856359920 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ void free_huge_page(struct page *page);
 pte_t *huge_pmd_share(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, pud_t *pud);
 #endif
 
-extern unsigned long hugepages_treat_as_movable;
+extern int hugepages_treat_as_movable;
 extern int sysctl_hugetlb_shm_group;
 extern struct list_head huge_boot_pages;
 
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 85032de5e20f..be0e5d0db5ec 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include <linux/node.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
-unsigned long hugepages_treat_as_movable;
+int hugepages_treat_as_movable;
 
 int hugetlb_max_hstate __read_mostly;
 unsigned int default_hstate_idx;