diff --git a/fs/dlm/lock.c b/fs/dlm/lock.c
index c381e1028446..373abdb4354a 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lock.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/lock.c
@@ -622,12 +622,14 @@ static int get_rsb_struct(struct dlm_ls *ls, const void *name, int len,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int dlm_search_rsb_tree(struct rhashtable *rhash, const void *name, int len,
-			struct dlm_rsb **r_ret)
+int dlm_search_rsb_tree(struct rhashtable *rhash, const void *name,
+			unsigned int len, struct dlm_rsb **r_ret)
 {
 	char key[DLM_RESNAME_MAXLEN] = {};
+
 	if (len > DLM_RESNAME_MAXLEN)
 		return -EINVAL;
+
 	memcpy(key, name, len);
 	*r_ret = rhashtable_lookup_fast(rhash, &key, dlm_rhash_rsb_params);
 	if (*r_ret)
diff --git a/fs/dlm/lock.h b/fs/dlm/lock.h
index b23d7b854ed4..c75975937331 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lock.h
+++ b/fs/dlm/lock.h
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ void resume_scan_timer(struct dlm_ls *ls);
 int dlm_master_lookup(struct dlm_ls *ls, int from_nodeid, const char *name,
 		      int len, unsigned int flags, int *r_nodeid, int *result);
 
-int dlm_search_rsb_tree(struct rhashtable *rhash, const void *name, int len,
-			struct dlm_rsb **r_ret);
+int dlm_search_rsb_tree(struct rhashtable *rhash, const void *name,
+			unsigned int len, struct dlm_rsb **r_ret);
 
 void dlm_recover_purge(struct dlm_ls *ls, const struct list_head *root_list);
 void dlm_purge_mstcpy_locks(struct dlm_rsb *r);