diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index b01059bb562c..d151892db8b0 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1836,7 +1836,8 @@ static struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *do_split(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
 			struct dx_hash_info *hinfo)
 {
 	unsigned blocksize = dir->i_sb->s_blocksize;
-	unsigned count, continued;
+	unsigned continued;
+	int count;
 	struct buffer_head *bh2;
 	ext4_lblk_t newblock;
 	u32 hash2;