diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
index dd9efb9d0e0b..7ccba6c786ae 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ int i915_gem_context_setparam_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 
 	case I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_PRIORITY:
 		{
-			int priority = args->value;
+			s64 priority = args->value;
 
 			if (args->size)
 				ret = -EINVAL;