diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index a52f1572daa535d5c3dc0b49b0accddb9f09b1ad..9b5b2f63b470839ea7342e7eb51e0af8aaac8da1 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -3030,17 +3030,17 @@ static loff_t ext4_max_size(int blkbits, int has_huge_files)
  */
 static loff_t ext4_max_bitmap_size(int bits, int has_huge_files)
 {
-	loff_t res = EXT4_NDIR_BLOCKS;
+	unsigned long long upper_limit, res = EXT4_NDIR_BLOCKS;
 	int meta_blocks;
-	loff_t upper_limit;
-	/* This is calculated to be the largest file size for a dense, block
+
+	/*
+	 * This is calculated to be the largest file size for a dense, block
 	 * mapped file such that the file's total number of 512-byte sectors,
 	 * including data and all indirect blocks, does not exceed (2^48 - 1).
 	 *
 	 * __u32 i_blocks_lo and _u16 i_blocks_high represent the total
 	 * number of 512-byte sectors of the file.
 	 */
-
 	if (!has_huge_files) {
 		/*
 		 * !has_huge_files or implies that the inode i_block field
@@ -3083,7 +3083,7 @@ static loff_t ext4_max_bitmap_size(int bits, int has_huge_files)
 	if (res > MAX_LFS_FILESIZE)
 		res = MAX_LFS_FILESIZE;
 
-	return res;
+	return (loff_t)res;
 }
 
 static ext4_fsblk_t descriptor_loc(struct super_block *sb,