diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index ab8a6e884375..030d34e9d117 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -974,7 +974,8 @@ void mem_cgroup_print_oom_group(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
 void folio_memcg_lock(struct folio *folio);
 void folio_memcg_unlock(struct folio *folio);
 
-void __mod_memcg_state(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int idx, int val);
+void __mod_memcg_state(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, enum memcg_stat_item idx,
+		       int val);
 
 /* try to stablize folio_memcg() for all the pages in a memcg */
 static inline bool mem_cgroup_trylock_pages(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
@@ -995,7 +996,7 @@ static inline void mem_cgroup_unlock_pages(void)
 
 /* idx can be of type enum memcg_stat_item or node_stat_item */
 static inline void mod_memcg_state(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
-				   int idx, int val)
+				   enum memcg_stat_item idx, int val)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
@@ -1005,7 +1006,7 @@ static inline void mod_memcg_state(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 }
 
 static inline void mod_memcg_page_state(struct page *page,
-					int idx, int val)
+					enum memcg_stat_item idx, int val)
 {
 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
 
@@ -1491,19 +1492,19 @@ static inline void mem_cgroup_print_oom_group(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 }
 
 static inline void __mod_memcg_state(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
-				     int idx,
+				     enum memcg_stat_item idx,
 				     int nr)
 {
 }
 
 static inline void mod_memcg_state(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
-				   int idx,
+				   enum memcg_stat_item idx,
 				   int nr)
 {
 }
 
 static inline void mod_memcg_page_state(struct page *page,
-					int idx, int val)
+					enum memcg_stat_item idx, int val)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 87411116ec5e..e6302f42e40f 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -955,7 +955,8 @@ static int memcg_state_val_in_pages(int idx, int val)
  * @idx: the stat item - can be enum memcg_stat_item or enum node_stat_item
  * @val: delta to add to the counter, can be negative
  */
-void __mod_memcg_state(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int idx, int val)
+void __mod_memcg_state(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, enum memcg_stat_item idx,
+		       int val)
 {
 	int i = memcg_stats_index(idx);