diff --git a/drivers/memstick/core/ms_block.c b/drivers/memstick/core/ms_block.c
index d9ee8e3dc72da..55907e4c36b18 100644
--- a/drivers/memstick/core/ms_block.c
+++ b/drivers/memstick/core/ms_block.c
@@ -1727,7 +1727,7 @@ static int msb_init_card(struct memstick_dev *card)
 	msb->pages_in_block = boot_block->attr.block_size * 2;
 	msb->block_size = msb->page_size * msb->pages_in_block;
 
-	if (msb->page_size > PAGE_SIZE) {
+	if ((size_t)msb->page_size > PAGE_SIZE) {
 		/* this isn't supported by linux at all, anyway*/
 		dbg("device page %d size isn't supported", msb->page_size);
 		return -EINVAL;