diff --git a/mm/nobootmem.c b/mm/nobootmem.c
index e53bb8a256b..1983fb1c702 100644
--- a/mm/nobootmem.c
+++ b/mm/nobootmem.c
@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ void __init free_bootmem_late(unsigned long addr, unsigned long size)
 
 static void __init __free_pages_memory(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
-	int i;
-	unsigned long start_aligned, end_aligned;
+	unsigned long i, start_aligned, end_aligned;
 	int order = ilog2(BITS_PER_LONG);
 
 	start_aligned = (start + (BITS_PER_LONG - 1)) & ~(BITS_PER_LONG - 1);