diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index dc9f4f80f90b..f93d15833f9d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -2094,7 +2094,7 @@ static noinline int key_in_sk(struct btrfs_key *key,
 static noinline int copy_to_sk(struct btrfs_path *path,
 			       struct btrfs_key *key,
 			       struct btrfs_ioctl_search_key *sk,
-			       size_t *buf_size,
+			       u64 *buf_size,
 			       char __user *ubuf,
 			       unsigned long *sk_offset,
 			       int *num_found)
@@ -2226,7 +2226,7 @@ out:
 
 static noinline int search_ioctl(struct inode *inode,
 				 struct btrfs_ioctl_search_key *sk,
-				 size_t *buf_size,
+				 u64 *buf_size,
 				 char __user *ubuf)
 {
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *info = btrfs_sb(inode->i_sb);
@@ -2295,7 +2295,7 @@ static noinline int btrfs_ioctl_tree_search(struct file *file,
 	struct btrfs_ioctl_search_key sk;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	int ret;
-	size_t buf_size;
+	u64 buf_size;
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
@@ -2329,8 +2329,8 @@ static noinline int btrfs_ioctl_tree_search_v2(struct file *file,
 	struct btrfs_ioctl_search_args_v2 args;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	int ret;
-	size_t buf_size;
-	const size_t buf_limit = SZ_16M;
+	u64 buf_size;
+	const u64 buf_limit = SZ_16M;
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;