diff --git a/include/linux/textsearch.h b/include/linux/textsearch.h
index 941f45a..1a4990e 100644
--- a/include/linux/textsearch.h
+++ b/include/linux/textsearch.h
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@
 #define TS_PRIV_ALIGNTO	8
 #define TS_PRIV_ALIGN(len) (((len) + TS_PRIV_ALIGNTO-1) & ~(TS_PRIV_ALIGNTO-1))
 
-static inline struct ts_config *alloc_ts_config(size_t payload, int gfp_mask)
+static inline struct ts_config *alloc_ts_config(size_t payload,
+						unsigned int __nocast gfp_mask)
 {
 	struct ts_config *conf;
 
diff --git a/lib/ts_bm.c b/lib/ts_bm.c
index 2cc79112..1b61fce 100644
--- a/lib/ts_bm.c
+++ b/lib/ts_bm.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 }
 
 static struct ts_config *bm_init(const void *pattern, unsigned int len,
-				 int gfp_mask)
+				 unsigned int __nocast gfp_mask)
 {
 	struct ts_config *conf;
 	struct ts_bm *bm;
diff --git a/lib/ts_fsm.c b/lib/ts_fsm.c
index d27c0a0..ef9779e 100644
--- a/lib/ts_fsm.c
+++ b/lib/ts_fsm.c
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
 }
 
 static struct ts_config *fsm_init(const void *pattern, unsigned int len,
-				     int gfp_mask)
+				     unsigned int __nocast gfp_mask)
 {
 	int i, err = -EINVAL;
 	struct ts_config *conf;
diff --git a/lib/ts_kmp.c b/lib/ts_kmp.c
index 73266b9..e45f0f0 100644
--- a/lib/ts_kmp.c
+++ b/lib/ts_kmp.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 }
 
 static struct ts_config *kmp_init(const void *pattern, unsigned int len,
-				  int gfp_mask)
+				  unsigned int __nocast gfp_mask)
 {
 	struct ts_config *conf;
 	struct ts_kmp *kmp;