diff --git a/fs/proc/stat.c b/fs/proc/stat.c
index 59749dfaef67..535eda7857cf 100644
--- a/fs/proc/stat.c
+++ b/fs/proc/stat.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static int show_stat(struct seq_file *p, void *v)
 
 static int stat_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	size_t size = 1024 + 128 * num_online_cpus();
+	unsigned int size = 1024 + 128 * num_online_cpus();
 
 	/* minimum size to display an interrupt count : 2 bytes */
 	size += 2 * nr_irqs;