diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
index 8c261eac2cee..2396565fc91b 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -881,10 +881,10 @@ int spi_map_buf(struct spi_controller *ctlr, struct device *dev,
 	int i, ret;
 
 	if (vmalloced_buf || kmap_buf) {
-		desc_len = min_t(int, max_seg_size, PAGE_SIZE);
+		desc_len = min_t(unsigned int, max_seg_size, PAGE_SIZE);
 		sgs = DIV_ROUND_UP(len + offset_in_page(buf), desc_len);
 	} else if (virt_addr_valid(buf)) {
-		desc_len = min_t(int, max_seg_size, ctlr->max_dma_len);
+		desc_len = min_t(unsigned int, max_seg_size, ctlr->max_dma_len);
 		sgs = DIV_ROUND_UP(len, desc_len);
 	} else {
 		return -EINVAL;