diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index fb3c9844c82a..6a45fb00c5fc 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -1544,16 +1544,16 @@ static u32 nfsd4_get_drc_mem(struct nfsd4_channel_attrs *ca)
 {
 	u32 slotsize = slot_bytes(ca);
 	u32 num = ca->maxreqs;
-	int avail;
+	unsigned long avail, total_avail;
 
 	spin_lock(&nfsd_drc_lock);
-	avail = min((unsigned long)NFSD_MAX_MEM_PER_SESSION,
-		    nfsd_drc_max_mem - nfsd_drc_mem_used);
+	total_avail = nfsd_drc_max_mem - nfsd_drc_mem_used;
+	avail = min((unsigned long)NFSD_MAX_MEM_PER_SESSION, total_avail);
 	/*
 	 * Never use more than a third of the remaining memory,
 	 * unless it's the only way to give this client a slot:
 	 */
-	avail = clamp_t(int, avail, slotsize, avail/3);
+	avail = clamp_t(int, avail, slotsize, total_avail/3);
 	num = min_t(int, num, avail / slotsize);
 	nfsd_drc_mem_used += num * slotsize;
 	spin_unlock(&nfsd_drc_lock);