diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/fifo_gk20a.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/fifo_gk20a.c
index 488ae309a..b4fa8f0fb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/fifo_gk20a.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/fifo_gk20a.c
@@ -3214,8 +3214,8 @@ static int gk20a_fifo_sched_debugfs_seq_show(
 				tsg ? tsg->timeslice_us : ch->timeslice_us,
 				ch->timeout_ms_max,
 				tsg ? tsg->interleave_level : ch->interleave_level,
-				ch->ch_ctx.gr_ctx ? ch->ch_ctx.gr_ctx->graphics_preempt_mode : -1,
-				ch->ch_ctx.gr_ctx ? ch->ch_ctx.gr_ctx->compute_preempt_mode : -1);
+				ch->ch_ctx.gr_ctx ? ch->ch_ctx.gr_ctx->graphics_preempt_mode : U32_MAX,
+				ch->ch_ctx.gr_ctx ? ch->ch_ctx.gr_ctx->compute_preempt_mode : U32_MAX);
 		gk20a_channel_put(ch);
 	}
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/mm_gk20a.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/mm_gk20a.h
index d26617336..d32e121a0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/mm_gk20a.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/mm_gk20a.h
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ struct gr_ctx_buffer_desc {
 struct gr_ctx_desc {
 	struct mem_desc mem;
 
-	int graphics_preempt_mode;
-	int compute_preempt_mode;
+	u32 graphics_preempt_mode;
+	u32 compute_preempt_mode;
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_TEGRA_18x_SOC
 	struct gr_ctx_desc_t18x t18x;
 #endif