diff --git a/tools/include/asm-generic/bitops/atomic.h b/tools/include/asm-generic/bitops/atomic.h
index 2f6ea28764a7..f64b049d236c 100644
--- a/tools/include/asm-generic/bitops/atomic.h
+++ b/tools/include/asm-generic/bitops/atomic.h
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 #include <asm/types.h>
 #include <asm/bitsperlong.h>
 
-static inline void set_bit(int nr, unsigned long *addr)
+static inline void set_bit(unsigned long nr, unsigned long *addr)
 {
 	addr[nr / __BITS_PER_LONG] |= 1UL << (nr % __BITS_PER_LONG);
 }
 
-static inline void clear_bit(int nr, unsigned long *addr)
+static inline void clear_bit(unsigned long nr, unsigned long *addr)
 {
 	addr[nr / __BITS_PER_LONG] &= ~(1UL << (nr % __BITS_PER_LONG));
 }