diff --git a/include/linux/radix-tree.h b/include/linux/radix-tree.h
index 00b17c526c1f4edf2dd1e256ab78f5cda4755363..f54be708220760f9a367f4a29ca1cbe7cfb7fba2 100644
--- a/include/linux/radix-tree.h
+++ b/include/linux/radix-tree.h
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ void **radix_tree_iter_retry(struct radix_tree_iter *iter)
  * @iter:	pointer to radix tree iterator
  * Returns:	current chunk size
  */
-static __always_inline unsigned
+static __always_inline long
 radix_tree_chunk_size(struct radix_tree_iter *iter)
 {
 	return iter->next_index - iter->index;
@@ -434,9 +434,9 @@ radix_tree_next_slot(void **slot, struct radix_tree_iter *iter, unsigned flags)
 			return slot + offset + 1;
 		}
 	} else {
-		unsigned size = radix_tree_chunk_size(iter) - 1;
+		long size = radix_tree_chunk_size(iter);
 
-		while (size--) {
+		while (--size > 0) {
 			slot++;
 			iter->index++;
 			if (likely(*slot))