diff --git a/include/linux/jiffies.h b/include/linux/jiffies.h
index f97672a36fa8..265e2c3cbd1c 100644
--- a/include/linux/jiffies.h
+++ b/include/linux/jiffies.h
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ extern void jiffies_to_timespec(const unsigned long jiffies,
 extern unsigned long timeval_to_jiffies(const struct timeval *value);
 extern void jiffies_to_timeval(const unsigned long jiffies,
 			       struct timeval *value);
-extern clock_t jiffies_to_clock_t(long x);
+extern clock_t jiffies_to_clock_t(unsigned long x);
 extern unsigned long clock_t_to_jiffies(unsigned long x);
 extern u64 jiffies_64_to_clock_t(u64 x);
 extern u64 nsec_to_clock_t(u64 x);
diff --git a/kernel/time.c b/kernel/time.c
index 8e8dc6d705c9..d77606214529 100644
--- a/kernel/time.c
+++ b/kernel/time.c
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(jiffies_to_timeval);
 /*
  * Convert jiffies/jiffies_64 to clock_t and back.
  */
-clock_t jiffies_to_clock_t(long x)
+clock_t jiffies_to_clock_t(unsigned long x)
 {
 #if (TICK_NSEC % (NSEC_PER_SEC / USER_HZ)) == 0
 # if HZ < USER_HZ