diff --git a/include/linux/slub_def.h b/include/linux/slub_def.h
index 2287b800474f..d2cc1391f17a 100644
--- a/include/linux/slub_def.h
+++ b/include/linux/slub_def.h
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ struct kmem_cache {
 	int object_size;	/* The size of an object without meta data */
 	int offset;		/* Free pointer offset. */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_CPU_PARTIAL
-	int cpu_partial;	/* Number of per cpu partial objects to keep around */
+	/* Number of per cpu partial objects to keep around */
+	unsigned int cpu_partial;
 #endif
 	struct kmem_cache_order_objects oo;
 
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 6d08bc66f0e7..2e72f15a03ea 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -1812,7 +1812,7 @@ static void *get_partial_node(struct kmem_cache *s, struct kmem_cache_node *n,
 {
 	struct page *page, *page2;
 	void *object = NULL;
-	int available = 0;
+	unsigned int available = 0;
 	int objects;
 
 	/*
@@ -4962,10 +4962,10 @@ static ssize_t cpu_partial_show(struct kmem_cache *s, char *buf)
 static ssize_t cpu_partial_store(struct kmem_cache *s, const char *buf,
 				 size_t length)
 {
-	unsigned long objects;
+	unsigned int objects;
 	int err;
 
-	err = kstrtoul(buf, 10, &objects);
+	err = kstrtouint(buf, 10, &objects);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 	if (objects && !kmem_cache_has_cpu_partial(s))