diff --git a/fs/ext4/bitmap.c b/fs/ext4/bitmap.c
index 0a7a666..fa3af81 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/bitmap.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/bitmap.c
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@
 
 static const int nibblemap[] = {4, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1, 3, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 0};
 
-unsigned long ext4_count_free(struct buffer_head *map, unsigned int numchars)
+unsigned int ext4_count_free(struct buffer_head *map, unsigned int numchars)
 {
-	unsigned int i;
-	unsigned long sum = 0;
+	unsigned int i, sum = 0;
 
 	if (!map)
 		return 0;