diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 2ae4c45e4959..67d8d9e03abc 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ struct request_queue {
 	/*
 	 * queue settings
 	 */
-	unsigned long		nr_requests;	/* Max # of requests */
+	unsigned int		nr_requests;	/* Max # of requests */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_INLINE_ENCRYPTION
 	struct blk_crypto_profile *crypto_profile;