diff --git a/include/linux/bitmap.h b/include/linux/bitmap.h
index d0c6214eb190..95dcd2f76e1a 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitmap.h
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ extern int bitmap_bitremap(int oldbit,
 extern void bitmap_onto(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *orig,
 		const unsigned long *relmap, unsigned int bits);
 extern void bitmap_fold(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *orig,
-		int sz, int bits);
+		unsigned int sz, unsigned int nbits);
 extern int bitmap_find_free_region(unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int bits, int order);
 extern void bitmap_release_region(unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int pos, int order);
 extern int bitmap_allocate_region(unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int pos, int order);
diff --git a/lib/bitmap.c b/lib/bitmap.c
index ee598a496895..b0d3e823dab3 100644
--- a/lib/bitmap.c
+++ b/lib/bitmap.c
@@ -1039,22 +1039,22 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_onto);
  *	@dst: resulting smaller bitmap
  *	@orig: original larger bitmap
  *	@sz: specified size
- *	@bits: number of bits in each of these bitmaps
+ *	@nbits: number of bits in each of these bitmaps
  *
  * For each bit oldbit in @orig, set bit oldbit mod @sz in @dst.
  * Clear all other bits in @dst.  See further the comment and
  * Example [2] for bitmap_onto() for why and how to use this.
  */
 void bitmap_fold(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *orig,
-			int sz, int bits)
+			unsigned int sz, unsigned int nbits)
 {
-	int oldbit;
+	unsigned int oldbit;
 
 	if (dst == orig)	/* following doesn't handle inplace mappings */
 		return;
-	bitmap_zero(dst, bits);
+	bitmap_zero(dst, nbits);
 
-	for_each_set_bit(oldbit, orig, bits)
+	for_each_set_bit(oldbit, orig, nbits)
 		set_bit(oldbit % sz, dst);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_fold);