diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h b/fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h
index a68434ad744a..2c1b0438fe7d 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ struct smb_version_operations {
 	int (*handle_cancelled_mid)(struct mid_q_entry *, struct TCP_Server_Info *);
 	void (*downgrade_oplock)(struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
 				 struct cifsInodeInfo *cinode, __u32 oplock,
-				 unsigned int epoch, bool *purge_cache);
+				 __u16 epoch, bool *purge_cache);
 	/* process transaction2 response */
 	bool (*check_trans2)(struct mid_q_entry *, struct TCP_Server_Info *,
 			     char *, int);
@@ -552,12 +552,12 @@ struct smb_version_operations {
 	/* if we can do cache read operations */
 	bool (*is_read_op)(__u32);
 	/* set oplock level for the inode */
-	void (*set_oplock_level)(struct cifsInodeInfo *, __u32, unsigned int,
+	void (*set_oplock_level)(struct cifsInodeInfo *, __u32, __u16,
 				 bool *);
 	/* create lease context buffer for CREATE request */
 	char * (*create_lease_buf)(u8 *lease_key, u8 oplock);
 	/* parse lease context buffer and return oplock/epoch info */
-	__u8 (*parse_lease_buf)(void *buf, unsigned int *epoch, char *lkey);
+	__u8 (*parse_lease_buf)(void *buf, __u16 *epoch, char *lkey);
 	ssize_t (*copychunk_range)(const unsigned int,
 			struct cifsFileInfo *src_file,
 			struct cifsFileInfo *target_file,
@@ -1447,7 +1447,7 @@ struct cifs_fid {
 	__u8 create_guid[16];
 	__u32 access;
 	struct cifs_pending_open *pending_open;
-	unsigned int epoch;
+	__u16 epoch;
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_DEBUG2
 	__u64 mid;
 #endif /* CIFS_DEBUG2 */
@@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@ struct cifsFileInfo {
 	bool oplock_break_cancelled:1;
 	bool status_file_deleted:1; /* file has been deleted */
 	bool offload:1; /* offload final part of _put to a wq */
-	unsigned int oplock_epoch; /* epoch from the lease break */
+	__u16 oplock_epoch; /* epoch from the lease break */
 	__u32 oplock_level; /* oplock/lease level from the lease break */
 	int count;
 	spinlock_t file_info_lock; /* protects four flag/count fields above */
@@ -1577,7 +1577,7 @@ struct cifsInodeInfo {
 	spinlock_t	open_file_lock;	/* protects openFileList */
 	__u32 cifsAttrs; /* e.g. DOS archive bit, sparse, compressed, system */
 	unsigned int oplock;		/* oplock/lease level we have */
-	unsigned int epoch;		/* used to track lease state changes */
+	__u16 epoch;		/* used to track lease state changes */
 #define CIFS_INODE_PENDING_OPLOCK_BREAK   (0) /* oplock break in progress */
 #define CIFS_INODE_PENDING_WRITERS	  (1) /* Writes in progress */
 #define CIFS_INODE_FLAG_UNUSED		  (2) /* Unused flag */
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb1ops.c b/fs/smb/client/smb1ops.c
index 9756b876a75e..d6e2fb669c40 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb1ops.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb1ops.c
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ coalesce_t2(char *second_buf, struct smb_hdr *target_hdr)
 static void
 cifs_downgrade_oplock(struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
 		      struct cifsInodeInfo *cinode, __u32 oplock,
-		      unsigned int epoch, bool *purge_cache)
+		      __u16 epoch, bool *purge_cache)
 {
 	cifs_set_oplock_level(cinode, oplock);
 }
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
index 77309217dab4..ec36bed54b0b 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
@@ -3904,22 +3904,22 @@ static long smb3_fallocate(struct file *file, struct cifs_tcon *tcon, int mode,
 static void
 smb2_downgrade_oplock(struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
 		      struct cifsInodeInfo *cinode, __u32 oplock,
-		      unsigned int epoch, bool *purge_cache)
+		      __u16 epoch, bool *purge_cache)
 {
 	server->ops->set_oplock_level(cinode, oplock, 0, NULL);
 }
 
 static void
 smb21_set_oplock_level(struct cifsInodeInfo *cinode, __u32 oplock,
-		       unsigned int epoch, bool *purge_cache);
+		       __u16 epoch, bool *purge_cache);
 
 static void
 smb3_downgrade_oplock(struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
 		       struct cifsInodeInfo *cinode, __u32 oplock,
-		       unsigned int epoch, bool *purge_cache)
+		       __u16 epoch, bool *purge_cache)
 {
 	unsigned int old_state = cinode->oplock;
-	unsigned int old_epoch = cinode->epoch;
+	__u16 old_epoch = cinode->epoch;
 	unsigned int new_state;
 
 	if (epoch > old_epoch) {
@@ -3939,7 +3939,7 @@ smb3_downgrade_oplock(struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
 
 static void
 smb2_set_oplock_level(struct cifsInodeInfo *cinode, __u32 oplock,
-		      unsigned int epoch, bool *purge_cache)
+		      __u16 epoch, bool *purge_cache)
 {
 	oplock &= 0xFF;
 	cinode->lease_granted = false;
@@ -3963,7 +3963,7 @@ smb2_set_oplock_level(struct cifsInodeInfo *cinode, __u32 oplock,
 
 static void
 smb21_set_oplock_level(struct cifsInodeInfo *cinode, __u32 oplock,
-		       unsigned int epoch, bool *purge_cache)
+		       __u16 epoch, bool *purge_cache)
 {
 	char message[5] = {0};
 	unsigned int new_oplock = 0;
@@ -4000,7 +4000,7 @@ smb21_set_oplock_level(struct cifsInodeInfo *cinode, __u32 oplock,
 
 static void
 smb3_set_oplock_level(struct cifsInodeInfo *cinode, __u32 oplock,
-		      unsigned int epoch, bool *purge_cache)
+		      __u16 epoch, bool *purge_cache)
 {
 	unsigned int old_oplock = cinode->oplock;
 
@@ -4114,7 +4114,7 @@ smb3_create_lease_buf(u8 *lease_key, u8 oplock)
 }
 
 static __u8
-smb2_parse_lease_buf(void *buf, unsigned int *epoch, char *lease_key)
+smb2_parse_lease_buf(void *buf, __u16 *epoch, char *lease_key)
 {
 	struct create_lease *lc = (struct create_lease *)buf;
 
@@ -4125,7 +4125,7 @@ smb2_parse_lease_buf(void *buf, unsigned int *epoch, char *lease_key)
 }
 
 static __u8
-smb3_parse_lease_buf(void *buf, unsigned int *epoch, char *lease_key)
+smb3_parse_lease_buf(void *buf, __u16 *epoch, char *lease_key)
 {
 	struct create_lease_v2 *lc = (struct create_lease_v2 *)buf;
 
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c
index 40ad9e79437a..51204ff58bf6 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c
@@ -2329,7 +2329,7 @@ parse_posix_ctxt(struct create_context *cc, struct smb2_file_all_info *info,
 
 int smb2_parse_contexts(struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
 			struct kvec *rsp_iov,
-			unsigned int *epoch,
+			__u16 *epoch,
 			char *lease_key, __u8 *oplock,
 			struct smb2_file_all_info *buf,
 			struct create_posix_rsp *posix)
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2proto.h b/fs/smb/client/smb2proto.h
index 2336dfb23f36..4662c7e2d259 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2proto.h
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2proto.h
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ extern enum securityEnum smb2_select_sectype(struct TCP_Server_Info *,
 					enum securityEnum);
 int smb2_parse_contexts(struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
 			struct kvec *rsp_iov,
-			unsigned int *epoch,
+			__u16 *epoch,
 			char *lease_key, __u8 *oplock,
 			struct smb2_file_all_info *buf,
 			struct create_posix_rsp *posix);
