diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 1940edd08307ea751f4d028eabc01cb1d6f247d5..2f0945d632970511ba189a0ef8595e918c10b693 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ ecryptfs_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char __user *buf, int bufsiz)
 		}
 		/* Check for bufsiz <= 0 done in sys_readlinkat() */
 		rc = copy_to_user(buf, plaintext_name,
-				  min((unsigned) bufsiz, plaintext_name_size));
+				  min((size_t) bufsiz, plaintext_name_size));
 		if (rc)
 			rc = -EFAULT;
 		else