diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index b6b10101bea7..e3aa336df900 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ void hugetlb_vma_lock_release(struct kref *kref);
 
 int pmd_huge(pmd_t pmd);
 int pud_huge(pud_t pud);
-unsigned long hugetlb_change_protection(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+long hugetlb_change_protection(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		unsigned long address, unsigned long end, pgprot_t newprot,
 		unsigned long cp_flags);
 
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ static inline void move_hugetlb_state(struct folio *old_folio,
 {
 }
 
-static inline unsigned long hugetlb_change_protection(
+static inline long hugetlb_change_protection(
 			struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 			unsigned long end, pgprot_t newprot,
 			unsigned long cp_flags)
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index c37f9330f14e..86fe17e6ded7 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -2132,7 +2132,7 @@ static inline bool vma_wants_manual_pte_write_upgrade(struct vm_area_struct *vma
 }
 bool can_change_pte_writable(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 			     pte_t pte);
-extern unsigned long change_protection(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
+extern long change_protection(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 			      struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
 			      unsigned long end, unsigned long cp_flags);
 extern int mprotect_fixup(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 017d9159cddf..84bc665c7c86 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -6613,7 +6613,7 @@ long follow_hugetlb_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	return i ? i : err;
 }
 
-unsigned long hugetlb_change_protection(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+long hugetlb_change_protection(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		unsigned long address, unsigned long end,
 		pgprot_t newprot, unsigned long cp_flags)
 {
@@ -6622,7 +6622,7 @@ unsigned long hugetlb_change_protection(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	pte_t *ptep;
 	pte_t pte;
 	struct hstate *h = hstate_vma(vma);
-	unsigned long pages = 0, psize = huge_page_size(h);
+	long pages = 0, psize = huge_page_size(h);
 	bool shared_pmd = false;
 	struct mmu_notifier_range range;
 	unsigned long last_addr_mask;
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index d3558248a0f0..a86b8f15e2f0 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ unsigned long change_prot_numa(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			unsigned long addr, unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct mmu_gather tlb;
-	int nr_updated;
+	long nr_updated;
 
 	tlb_gather_mmu(&tlb, vma->vm_mm);
 
diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index 71358e45a742..0af22ab59ea8 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -80,13 +80,13 @@ bool can_change_pte_writable(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 	return pte_dirty(pte);
 }
 
-static unsigned long change_pte_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
+static long change_pte_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 		struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
 		unsigned long end, pgprot_t newprot, unsigned long cp_flags)
 {
 	pte_t *pte, oldpte;
 	spinlock_t *ptl;
-	unsigned long pages = 0;
+	long pages = 0;
 	int target_node = NUMA_NO_NODE;
 	bool prot_numa = cp_flags & MM_CP_PROT_NUMA;
 	bool uffd_wp = cp_flags & MM_CP_UFFD_WP;
@@ -353,13 +353,13 @@ uffd_wp_protect_file(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long cp_flags)
 		}							\
 	} while (0)
 
-static inline unsigned long change_pmd_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
+static inline long change_pmd_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 		struct vm_area_struct *vma, pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr,
 		unsigned long end, pgprot_t newprot, unsigned long cp_flags)
 {
 	pmd_t *pmd;
 	unsigned long next;
-	unsigned long pages = 0;
+	long pages = 0;
 	unsigned long nr_huge_updates = 0;
 	struct mmu_notifier_range range;
 
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static inline unsigned long change_pmd_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 
 	pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr);
 	do {
-		unsigned long this_pages;
+		long this_pages;
 
 		next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end);
 
@@ -437,13 +437,13 @@ static inline unsigned long change_pmd_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 	return pages;
 }
 
-static inline unsigned long change_pud_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
+static inline long change_pud_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 		struct vm_area_struct *vma, p4d_t *p4d, unsigned long addr,
 		unsigned long end, pgprot_t newprot, unsigned long cp_flags)
 {
 	pud_t *pud;
 	unsigned long next;
-	unsigned long pages = 0;
+	long pages = 0;
 
 	pud = pud_offset(p4d, addr);
 	do {
@@ -458,13 +458,13 @@ static inline unsigned long change_pud_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 	return pages;
 }
 
-static inline unsigned long change_p4d_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
+static inline long change_p4d_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 		struct vm_area_struct *vma, pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long addr,
 		unsigned long end, pgprot_t newprot, unsigned long cp_flags)
 {
 	p4d_t *p4d;
 	unsigned long next;
-	unsigned long pages = 0;
+	long pages = 0;
 
 	p4d = p4d_offset(pgd, addr);
 	do {
@@ -479,14 +479,14 @@ static inline unsigned long change_p4d_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 	return pages;
 }
 
-static unsigned long change_protection_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
+static long change_protection_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 		struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 		unsigned long end, pgprot_t newprot, unsigned long cp_flags)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
 	pgd_t *pgd;
 	unsigned long next;
-	unsigned long pages = 0;
+	long pages = 0;
 
 	BUG_ON(addr >= end);
 	pgd = pgd_offset(mm, addr);
@@ -505,12 +505,12 @@ static unsigned long change_protection_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 	return pages;
 }
 
-unsigned long change_protection(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
+long change_protection(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 		       struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
 		       unsigned long end, unsigned long cp_flags)
 {
 	pgprot_t newprot = vma->vm_page_prot;
-	unsigned long pages;
+	long pages;
 
 	BUG_ON((cp_flags & MM_CP_UFFD_WP_ALL) == MM_CP_UFFD_WP_ALL);
 
