diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
index d490670f8d55..8678e162181f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static void ghes_unmap(void __iomem *vaddr, enum fixed_addresses fixmap_idx)
 	clear_fixmap(fixmap_idx);
 }
 
-int ghes_estatus_pool_init(int num_ghes)
+int ghes_estatus_pool_init(unsigned int num_ghes)
 {
 	unsigned long addr, len;
 	int rc;
diff --git a/include/acpi/ghes.h b/include/acpi/ghes.h
index 34fb3431a8f3..292a5c40bd0c 100644
--- a/include/acpi/ghes.h
+++ b/include/acpi/ghes.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ int ghes_register_vendor_record_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
 void ghes_unregister_vendor_record_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
 #endif
 
-int ghes_estatus_pool_init(int num_ghes);
+int ghes_estatus_pool_init(unsigned int num_ghes);
 
 /* From drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c */