diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/xmit_osdep.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/xmit_osdep.h
index 5b351652e31b..ee6616880d41 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/xmit_osdep.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/xmit_osdep.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ void rtw_os_xmit_schedule(struct adapter *padapter);
 
 void rtw_os_xmit_resource_free(struct adapter *padapter, struct xmit_buf *pxmitbuf, u32 free_sz, u8 flag);
 
-extern uint rtw_remainder_len(struct pkt_file *pfile);
+extern unsigned int rtw_remainder_len(struct pkt_file *pfile);
 extern void _rtw_open_pktfile(struct sk_buff *pkt, struct pkt_file *pfile);
 int _rtw_pktfile_read(struct pkt_file *pfile, u8 *rmem, unsigned int rlen);
 extern signed int rtw_endofpktfile(struct pkt_file *pfile);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/xmit_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/xmit_linux.c
index cb053af6b893..9723b25998c7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/xmit_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/xmit_linux.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include <drv_types.h>
 
 
-uint rtw_remainder_len(struct pkt_file *pfile)
+unsigned int rtw_remainder_len(struct pkt_file *pfile)
 {
 	return (pfile->buf_len - ((SIZE_PTR)(pfile->cur_addr) - (SIZE_PTR)(pfile->buf_start)));
 }