diff --git a/fs/afs/internal.h b/fs/afs/internal.h
index d2b0888126d..a306bb6d88d 100644
--- a/fs/afs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/afs/internal.h
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ struct afs_call {
 	unsigned		reply_size;	/* current size of reply */
 	unsigned		first_offset;	/* offset into mapping[first] */
 	unsigned		last_to;	/* amount of mapping[last] */
-	unsigned short		offset;		/* offset into received data store */
+	unsigned		offset;		/* offset into received data store */
 	unsigned char		unmarshall;	/* unmarshalling phase */
 	bool			incoming;	/* T if incoming call */
 	bool			send_pages;	/* T if data from mapping should be sent */