diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c
index 8a0aa5e0e216..cbe65e92b128 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ int kvm_riscv_mmu_map(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
 	kvm_pfn_t hfn;
 	bool is_hugetlb;
 	bool writable;
-	short vma_pageshift;
+	unsigned int vma_pageshift;
 	gfn_t gfn = gpa >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 	struct kvm *kvm = vcpu->kvm;