diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 2a1e5e4042a1..5d236bb87df5 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ int setup_arg_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 		    unsigned long stack_top,
 		    int executable_stack)
 {
-	unsigned long ret;
+	int ret;
 	unsigned long stack_shift;
 	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma = bprm->vma;