diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.c b/drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.c
index d6ad437883fade..93351452184ab5 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.c
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ static int hex2bitmap(const char *str, unsigned long *bitmap, int bits)
  */
 static int modify_bitmap(const char *str, unsigned long *bitmap, int bits)
 {
-	int a, i, z;
+	unsigned long a, i, z;
 	char *np, sign;
 
 	/* bits needs to be a multiple of 8 */