diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 905844172cfd..c6d57814988d 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ struct request {
 	void *end_io_data;
 };
 
-static inline int blk_validate_block_size(unsigned int bsize)
+static inline int blk_validate_block_size(unsigned long bsize)
 {
 	if (bsize < 512 || bsize > PAGE_SIZE || !is_power_of_2(bsize))
 		return -EINVAL;