diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 29720531ac81..68b23034eaf0 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -9271,7 +9271,7 @@ static void
 init_tracer_tracefs(struct trace_array *tr, struct dentry *d_tracer);
 
 static int
-allocate_trace_buffer(struct trace_array *tr, struct array_buffer *buf, int size)
+allocate_trace_buffer(struct trace_array *tr, struct array_buffer *buf, unsigned long size)
 {
 	enum ring_buffer_flags rb_flags;
 
@@ -9307,7 +9307,7 @@ static void free_trace_buffer(struct array_buffer *buf)
 	}
 }
 
-static int allocate_trace_buffers(struct trace_array *tr, int size)
+static int allocate_trace_buffers(struct trace_array *tr, unsigned long size)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -10330,7 +10330,7 @@ __init static void enable_instances(void)
 
 __init static int tracer_alloc_buffers(void)
 {
-	int ring_buf_size;
+	unsigned long ring_buf_size;
 	int ret = -ENOMEM;