diff --git a/include/linux/trace_seq.h b/include/linux/trace_seq.h
index 6c30508..5a2c650 100644
--- a/include/linux/trace_seq.h
+++ b/include/linux/trace_seq.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  */
 
 struct trace_seq {
-	unsigned char		buffer[PAGE_SIZE];
+	char			buffer[PAGE_SIZE];
 	struct seq_buf		seq;
 	int			full;
 };
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static inline int trace_seq_used(struct trace_seq *s)
  * that is about to be written to and then return the result
  * of that write.
  */
-static inline unsigned char *
+static inline char *
 trace_seq_buffer_ptr(struct trace_seq *s)
 {
 	return s->buffer + seq_buf_used(&s->seq);