diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/syscall.h
index 53cfaf34c343..04a5bece8168 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static inline void syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
 		microblaze_set_syscall_arg(regs, i++, *args++);
 }
 
-asmlinkage long do_syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs);
+asmlinkage unsigned long do_syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs);
 asmlinkage void do_syscall_trace_leave(struct pt_regs *regs);
 
 static inline int syscall_get_arch(void)
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/microblaze/kernel/ptrace.c
index bb10637ce688..8cfa98cadf3d 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request,
 	return rval;
 }
 
-asmlinkage long do_syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
+asmlinkage unsigned long do_syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	long ret = 0;
+	unsigned long ret = 0;
 
 	secure_computing_strict(regs->r12);