diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c
index 572582e2143e..3e9a7fbfce58 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ static unsigned int cqm_l3_scale; /* supposedly cacheline size */
 
 struct intel_cqm_state {
 	raw_spinlock_t		lock;
-	int			rmid;
+	u32			rmid;
 	int			cnt;
 };
 
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ out:
 static void intel_cqm_event_start(struct perf_event *event, int mode)
 {
 	struct intel_cqm_state *state = this_cpu_ptr(&cqm_state);
-	unsigned int rmid = event->hw.cqm_rmid;
+	u32 rmid = event->hw.cqm_rmid;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if (!(event->hw.cqm_state & PERF_HES_STOPPED))
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 248f7829ce41..06580028cee6 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ struct hw_perf_event {
 		};
 		struct { /* intel_cqm */
 			int			cqm_state;
-			int			cqm_rmid;
+			u32			cqm_rmid;
 			struct list_head	cqm_events_entry;
 			struct list_head	cqm_groups_entry;
 			struct list_head	cqm_group_entry;