diff --git a/fs/ntfs/compress.c b/fs/ntfs/compress.c
index 075b57fc1de6..82c7c7d29073 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/compress.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/compress.c
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ static int ntfs_decompress(struct page *dest_pages[], int completed_pages[],
 	u8 *dp_addr;		/* Current pointer into dp. */
 	u8 *dp_sb_start;	/* Start of current sub-block in dp. */
 	u8 *dp_sb_end;		/* End of current sb in dp (dp_sb_start + NTFS_SB_SIZE). */
-	u16 do_sb_start;	/* @dest_ofs when starting this sub-block. */
-	u16 do_sb_end;		/* @dest_ofs of end of this sb (do_sb_start + NTFS_SB_SIZE). */
+	int do_sb_start;	/* @dest_ofs when starting this sub-block. */
+	int do_sb_end;		/* @dest_ofs of end of this sb (do_sb_start + NTFS_SB_SIZE). */
 
 	/* Variables for tag and token parsing. */
 	u8 tag;			/* Current tag. */