diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/alloc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/alloc.c
index 598df63518c5..07b061a97a6e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/alloc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/alloc.c
@@ -660,9 +660,9 @@ static struct mlx4_db_pgdir *mlx4_alloc_db_pgdir(struct device *dma_device)
 }
 
 static int mlx4_alloc_db_from_pgdir(struct mlx4_db_pgdir *pgdir,
-				    struct mlx4_db *db, int order)
+				    struct mlx4_db *db, unsigned int order)
 {
-	int o;
+	unsigned int o;
 	int i;
 
 	for (o = order; o <= 1; ++o) {
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ static int mlx4_alloc_db_from_pgdir(struct mlx4_db_pgdir *pgdir,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int mlx4_db_alloc(struct mlx4_dev *dev, struct mlx4_db *db, int order)
+int mlx4_db_alloc(struct mlx4_dev *dev, struct mlx4_db *db, unsigned int order)
 {
 	struct mlx4_priv *priv = mlx4_priv(dev);
 	struct mlx4_db_pgdir *pgdir;
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx4/device.h b/include/linux/mlx4/device.h
index 87edb7a8173b..f016263e1fcf 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx4/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx4/device.h
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ int mlx4_write_mtt(struct mlx4_dev *dev, struct mlx4_mtt *mtt,
 int mlx4_buf_write_mtt(struct mlx4_dev *dev, struct mlx4_mtt *mtt,
 		       struct mlx4_buf *buf);
 
-int mlx4_db_alloc(struct mlx4_dev *dev, struct mlx4_db *db, int order);
+int mlx4_db_alloc(struct mlx4_dev *dev, struct mlx4_db *db, unsigned int order);
 void mlx4_db_free(struct mlx4_dev *dev, struct mlx4_db *db);
 
 int mlx4_alloc_hwq_res(struct mlx4_dev *dev, struct mlx4_hwq_resources *wqres,