diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c b/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c
index e5de762..932d1b1 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@
 	char *value;
 
 	chunk_size_ulong = simple_strtoul(chunk_size_arg, &value, 10);
-	if (*chunk_size_arg == '\0' || *value != '\0') {
+	if (*chunk_size_arg == '\0' || *value != '\0' ||
+	    chunk_size_ulong > UINT_MAX) {
 		*error = "Invalid chunk size";
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -171,34 +172,35 @@
 	 */
 	chunk_size_ulong = round_up(chunk_size_ulong, PAGE_SIZE >> 9);
 
-	return dm_exception_store_set_chunk_size(store, chunk_size_ulong,
+	return dm_exception_store_set_chunk_size(store,
+						 (unsigned) chunk_size_ulong,
 						 error);
 }
 
 int dm_exception_store_set_chunk_size(struct dm_exception_store *store,
-				      unsigned long chunk_size_ulong,
+				      unsigned chunk_size,
 				      char **error)
 {
 	/* Check chunk_size is a power of 2 */
-	if (!is_power_of_2(chunk_size_ulong)) {
+	if (!is_power_of_2(chunk_size)) {
 		*error = "Chunk size is not a power of 2";
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	/* Validate the chunk size against the device block size */
-	if (chunk_size_ulong % (bdev_logical_block_size(store->cow->bdev) >> 9)) {
+	if (chunk_size % (bdev_logical_block_size(store->cow->bdev) >> 9)) {
 		*error = "Chunk size is not a multiple of device blocksize";
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (chunk_size_ulong > INT_MAX >> SECTOR_SHIFT) {
+	if (chunk_size > INT_MAX >> SECTOR_SHIFT) {
 		*error = "Chunk size is too high";
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	store->chunk_size = chunk_size_ulong;
-	store->chunk_mask = chunk_size_ulong - 1;
-	store->chunk_shift = ffs(chunk_size_ulong) - 1;
+	store->chunk_size = chunk_size;
+	store->chunk_mask = chunk_size - 1;
+	store->chunk_shift = ffs(chunk_size) - 1;
 
 	return 0;
 }