diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
index fd01f3493fc7..af7cc1e65656 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -433,16 +433,15 @@ ssize_t iio_format_value(char *buf, unsigned int type, int size, int *vals)
 		scale_db = true;
 	case IIO_VAL_INT_PLUS_MICRO:
 		if (vals[1] < 0)
-			return sprintf(buf, "-%ld.%06u%s\n", abs(vals[0]),
-					-vals[1],
-				scale_db ? " dB" : "");
+			return sprintf(buf, "-%d.%06u%s\n", abs(vals[0]),
+				       -vals[1], scale_db ? " dB" : "");
 		else
 			return sprintf(buf, "%d.%06u%s\n", vals[0], vals[1],
 				scale_db ? " dB" : "");
 	case IIO_VAL_INT_PLUS_NANO:
 		if (vals[1] < 0)
-			return sprintf(buf, "-%ld.%09u\n", abs(vals[0]),
-					-vals[1]);
+			return sprintf(buf, "-%d.%09u\n", abs(vals[0]),
+				       -vals[1]);
 		else
 			return sprintf(buf, "%d.%09u\n", vals[0], vals[1]);
 	case IIO_VAL_FRACTIONAL:
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/dvm/calib.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/dvm/calib.c
index 07a4c644fb9b..e9cef9de9ed8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/dvm/calib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/dvm/calib.c
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ static void iwlagn_gain_computation(struct iwl_priv *priv,
 		/* bound gain by 2 bits value max, 3rd bit is sign */
 		data->delta_gain_code[i] =
 			min(abs(delta_g),
-			(long) CHAIN_NOISE_MAX_DELTA_GAIN_CODE);
+			(s32) CHAIN_NOISE_MAX_DELTA_GAIN_CODE);
 
 		if (delta_g < 0)
 			/*
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 7311c3294e25..f31638c6e873 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -202,26 +202,26 @@ extern int _cond_resched(void);
 
 /**
  * abs - return absolute value of an argument
- * @x: the value.  If it is unsigned type, it is converted to signed type first
- *   (s64, long or int depending on its size).
+ * @x: the value.  If it is unsigned type, it is converted to signed type first.
+ *     char is treated as if it was signed (regardless of whether it really is)
+ *     but the macro's return type is preserved as char.
  *
- * Return: an absolute value of x.  If x is 64-bit, macro's return type is s64,
- *   otherwise it is signed long.
+ * Return: an absolute value of x.
  */
-#define abs(x) __builtin_choose_expr(sizeof(x) == sizeof(s64), ({	\
-		s64 __x = (x);						\
-		(__x < 0) ? -__x : __x;					\
-	}), ({								\
-		long ret;						\
-		if (sizeof(x) == sizeof(long)) {			\
-			long __x = (x);					\
-			ret = (__x < 0) ? -__x : __x;			\
-		} else {						\
-			int __x = (x);					\
-			ret = (__x < 0) ? -__x : __x;			\
-		}							\
-		ret;							\
-	}))
+#define abs(x)	__abs_choose_expr(x, long long,				\
+		__abs_choose_expr(x, long,				\
+		__abs_choose_expr(x, int,				\
+		__abs_choose_expr(x, short,				\
+		__abs_choose_expr(x, char,				\
+		__builtin_choose_expr(					\
+			__builtin_types_compatible_p(typeof(x), char),	\
+			(char)({ signed char __x = (x); __x<0?-__x:__x; }), \
+			((void)0)))))))
+
+#define __abs_choose_expr(x, type, other) __builtin_choose_expr(	\
+	__builtin_types_compatible_p(typeof(x),   signed type) ||	\
+	__builtin_types_compatible_p(typeof(x), unsigned type),		\
+	({ signed type __x = (x); __x < 0 ? -__x : __x; }), other)
 
 /**
  * reciprocal_scale - "scale" a value into range [0, ep_ro)