diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.c b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
index 62acbe27d8bf..ca7ff31a1f19 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
@@ -690,10 +690,10 @@ ext2_xattr_set2(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *old_bh,
 			/* We need to allocate a new block */
 			ext2_fsblk_t goal = ext2_group_first_block_no(sb,
 						EXT2_I(inode)->i_block_group);
-			int block = ext2_new_block(inode, goal, &error);
+			ext2_fsblk_t block = ext2_new_block(inode, goal, &error);
 			if (error)
 				goto cleanup;
-			ea_idebug(inode, "creating block %d", block);
+			ea_idebug(inode, "creating block %lu", block);
 
 			new_bh = sb_getblk(sb, block);
 			if (unlikely(!new_bh)) {