diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/avtab.c b/security/selinux/ss/avtab.c
index 7d21de48c28d..8d7c14ca27a2 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/avtab.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/avtab.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ struct avtab_node *avtab_search_node(struct avtab *h,
 }
 
 struct avtab_node*
-avtab_search_node_next(struct avtab_node *node, int specified)
+avtab_search_node_next(struct avtab_node *node, u16 specified)
 {
 	struct avtab_node *cur;
 
diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/avtab.h b/security/selinux/ss/avtab.h
index d6742fd9c560..f265e9da18e2 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/avtab.h
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/avtab.h
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ struct avtab_node *avtab_insert_nonunique(struct avtab *h,
 struct avtab_node *avtab_search_node(struct avtab *h,
 				     const struct avtab_key *key);
 
-struct avtab_node *avtab_search_node_next(struct avtab_node *node, int specified);
+struct avtab_node *avtab_search_node_next(struct avtab_node *node, u16 specified);
 
 #define MAX_AVTAB_HASH_BITS 16
 #define MAX_AVTAB_HASH_BUCKETS (1 << MAX_AVTAB_HASH_BITS)
diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/services.c b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
index 78946b71c1c1..83b85536cd2b 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/services.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
@@ -1694,7 +1694,7 @@ static void filename_compute_type(struct policydb *policydb,
 static int security_compute_sid(u32 ssid,
 				u32 tsid,
 				u16 orig_tclass,
-				u32 specified,
+				u16 specified,
 				const char *objname,
 				u32 *out_sid,
 				bool kern)