diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 1db02c4955a9..a9b9972ff703 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ static void raid1_end_write_request(struct bio *bio, int error)
  */
 static int read_balance(conf_t *conf, r1bio_t *r1_bio)
 {
-	const unsigned long this_sector = r1_bio->sector;
+	const sector_t this_sector = r1_bio->sector;
 	int new_disk = conf->last_used, disk = new_disk;
 	int wonly_disk = -1;
 	const int sectors = r1_bio->sectors;
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ static int read_balance(conf_t *conf, r1bio_t *r1_bio)
  retry:
 	if (conf->mddev->recovery_cp < MaxSector &&
 	    (this_sector + sectors >= conf->next_resync)) {
-		/* Choose the first operation device, for consistancy */
+		/* Choose the first operational device, for consistancy */
 		new_disk = 0;
 
 		for (rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[new_disk].rdev);
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index e0742c439484..a1f5fd2d69ce 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ static int raid10_mergeable_bvec(struct request_queue *q,
  */
 static int read_balance(conf_t *conf, r10bio_t *r10_bio)
 {
-	const unsigned long this_sector = r10_bio->sector;
+	const sector_t this_sector = r10_bio->sector;
 	int disk, slot, nslot;
 	const int sectors = r10_bio->sectors;
 	sector_t new_distance, current_distance;