diff --git a/include/linux/compaction.h b/include/linux/compaction.h
index c8533169e508..8df445d83f2a 100644
--- a/include/linux/compaction.h
+++ b/include/linux/compaction.h
@@ -85,13 +85,13 @@ static inline unsigned long compact_gap(unsigned int order)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPACTION
 extern int sysctl_compact_memory;
-extern int sysctl_compaction_proactiveness;
+extern unsigned int sysctl_compaction_proactiveness;
 extern int sysctl_compaction_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 			void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos);
 extern int sysctl_extfrag_threshold;
 extern int sysctl_compact_unevictable_allowed;
 
-extern int extfrag_for_order(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order);
+extern unsigned int extfrag_for_order(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order);
 extern int fragmentation_index(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order);
 extern enum compact_result try_to_compact_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask,
 		unsigned int order, unsigned int alloc_flags,
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 7cc40a9710de..ba0da03e1113 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1828,7 +1828,7 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
 	{
 		.procname	= "compaction_proactiveness",
 		.data		= &sysctl_compaction_proactiveness,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(sysctl_compaction_proactiveness),
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
 		.extra1		= &zero,
diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index 4c2dd68de52d..10c253f99a6a 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static inline void count_compact_events(enum vm_event_item item, long delta)
 /*
  * Fragmentation score check interval for proactive compaction purposes.
  */
-static const int HPAGE_FRAG_CHECK_INTERVAL_MSEC = 500;
+static const unsigned int HPAGE_FRAG_CHECK_INTERVAL_MSEC = 500;
 
 /*
  * Page order with-respect-to which proactive compaction
@@ -1877,7 +1877,7 @@ static bool kswapd_is_running(pg_data_t *pgdat)
  * ZONE_DMA32. For smaller zones, the score value remains close to zero,
  * and thus never exceeds the high threshold for proactive compaction.
  */
-static int fragmentation_score_zone(struct zone *zone)
+static unsigned int fragmentation_score_zone(struct zone *zone)
 {
 	unsigned long score;
 
@@ -1893,9 +1893,9 @@ static int fragmentation_score_zone(struct zone *zone)
  * the node's score falls below the low threshold, or one of the back-off
  * conditions is met.
  */
-static int fragmentation_score_node(pg_data_t *pgdat)
+static unsigned int fragmentation_score_node(pg_data_t *pgdat)
 {
-	unsigned long score = 0;
+	unsigned int score = 0;
 	int zoneid;
 
 	for (zoneid = 0; zoneid < MAX_NR_ZONES; zoneid++) {
@@ -1908,17 +1908,17 @@ static int fragmentation_score_node(pg_data_t *pgdat)
 	return score;
 }
 
-static int fragmentation_score_wmark(pg_data_t *pgdat, bool low)
+static unsigned int fragmentation_score_wmark(pg_data_t *pgdat, bool low)
 {
-	int wmark_low;
+	unsigned int wmark_low;
 
 	/*
 	 * Cap the low watermak to avoid excessive compaction
 	 * activity in case a user sets the proactivess tunable
 	 * close to 100 (maximum).
 	 */
-	wmark_low = max(100 - sysctl_compaction_proactiveness, 5);
-	return low ? wmark_low : min(wmark_low + 10, 100);
+	wmark_low = max(100U - sysctl_compaction_proactiveness, 5U);
+	return low ? wmark_low : min(wmark_low + 10, 100U);
 }
 
 static bool should_proactive_compact_node(pg_data_t *pgdat)
@@ -2614,7 +2614,7 @@ int sysctl_compact_memory;
  * aggressively the kernel should compact memory in the
  * background. It takes values in the range [0, 100].
  */
-int __read_mostly sysctl_compaction_proactiveness = 20;
+unsigned int __read_mostly sysctl_compaction_proactiveness = 20;
 
 /*
  * This is the entry point for compacting all nodes via
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 19c99d7cc5c3..25768dd91261 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ static int __fragmentation_index(unsigned int order, struct contig_page_info *in
  * It is defined as the percentage of pages found in blocks of size
  * less than 1 << order. It returns values in range [0, 100].
  */
-int extfrag_for_order(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order)
+unsigned int extfrag_for_order(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order)
 {
 	struct contig_page_info info;