diff --git a/fs/squashfs/sqfs_filesystem.h b/fs/squashfs/sqfs_filesystem.h
index 856cd15e34..5440b6c0e0 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/sqfs_filesystem.h
+++ b/fs/squashfs/sqfs_filesystem.h
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ union squashfs_inode {
 
 struct squashfs_directory_entry {
 	u16 offset;
-	u16 inode_offset;
+	s16 inode_offset;
 	u16 type;
 	u16 name_size;
 	char name[0];