diff --git a/block/nvme.c b/block/nvme.c
index b0629f5de80..c450499111e 100644
--- a/block/nvme.c
+++ b/block/nvme.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ struct BDRVNVMeState {
      * [1..]: io queues.
      */
     NVMeQueuePair **queues;
-    int nr_queues;
+    unsigned queue_count;
     size_t page_size;
     /* How many uint32_t elements does each doorbell entry take. */
     size_t doorbell_scale;
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static QemuOptsList runtime_opts = {
 };
 
 static void nvme_init_queue(BDRVNVMeState *s, NVMeQueue *q,
-                            int nentries, int entry_bytes, Error **errp)
+                            unsigned nentries, size_t entry_bytes, Error **errp)
 {
     size_t bytes;
     int r;
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ static void nvme_free_req_queue_cb(void *opaque)
 
 static NVMeQueuePair *nvme_create_queue_pair(BDRVNVMeState *s,
                                              AioContext *aio_context,
-                                             int idx, int size,
+                                             unsigned idx, size_t size,
                                              Error **errp)
 {
     int i, r;
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ static bool nvme_poll_queues(BDRVNVMeState *s)
     bool progress = false;
     int i;
 
-    for (i = 0; i < s->nr_queues; i++) {
+    for (i = 0; i < s->queue_count; i++) {
         if (nvme_poll_queue(s->queues[i])) {
             progress = true;
         }
@@ -644,10 +644,10 @@ static void nvme_handle_event(EventNotifier *n)
 static bool nvme_add_io_queue(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp)
 {
     BDRVNVMeState *s = bs->opaque;
-    int n = s->nr_queues;
+    unsigned n = s->queue_count;
     NVMeQueuePair *q;
     NvmeCmd cmd;
-    int queue_size = NVME_QUEUE_SIZE;
+    unsigned queue_size = NVME_QUEUE_SIZE;
 
     q = nvme_create_queue_pair(s, bdrv_get_aio_context(bs),
                                n, queue_size, errp);
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ static bool nvme_add_io_queue(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp)
         .cdw11 = cpu_to_le32(0x3),
     };
     if (nvme_cmd_sync(bs, s->queues[INDEX_ADMIN], &cmd)) {
-        error_setg(errp, "Failed to create CQ io queue [%d]", n);
+        error_setg(errp, "Failed to create CQ io queue [%u]", n);
         goto out_error;
     }
     cmd = (NvmeCmd) {
@@ -671,12 +671,12 @@ static bool nvme_add_io_queue(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp)
         .cdw11 = cpu_to_le32(0x1 | (n << 16)),
     };
     if (nvme_cmd_sync(bs, s->queues[INDEX_ADMIN], &cmd)) {
-        error_setg(errp, "Failed to create SQ io queue [%d]", n);
+        error_setg(errp, "Failed to create SQ io queue [%u]", n);
         goto out_error;
     }
     s->queues = g_renew(NVMeQueuePair *, s->queues, n + 1);
     s->queues[n] = q;
-    s->nr_queues++;
+    s->queue_count++;
     return true;
 out_error:
     nvme_free_queue_pair(q);
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ static int nvme_init(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *device, int namespace,
         ret = -EINVAL;
         goto out;
     }
-    s->nr_queues = 1;
+    s->queue_count = 1;
     QEMU_BUILD_BUG_ON(NVME_QUEUE_SIZE & 0xF000);
     regs->aqa = cpu_to_le32((NVME_QUEUE_SIZE << AQA_ACQS_SHIFT) |
                             (NVME_QUEUE_SIZE << AQA_ASQS_SHIFT));
@@ -895,10 +895,9 @@ static int nvme_enable_disable_write_cache(BlockDriverState *bs, bool enable,
 
 static void nvme_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
 {
-    int i;
     BDRVNVMeState *s = bs->opaque;
 
-    for (i = 0; i < s->nr_queues; ++i) {
+    for (unsigned i = 0; i < s->queue_count; ++i) {
         nvme_free_queue_pair(s->queues[i]);
     }
     g_free(s->queues);
@@ -1123,7 +1122,7 @@ static coroutine_fn int nvme_co_prw_aligned(BlockDriverState *bs,
     };
 
     trace_nvme_prw_aligned(s, is_write, offset, bytes, flags, qiov->niov);
-    assert(s->nr_queues > 1);
+    assert(s->queue_count > 1);
     req = nvme_get_free_req(ioq);
     assert(req);
 
@@ -1233,7 +1232,7 @@ static coroutine_fn int nvme_co_flush(BlockDriverState *bs)
         .ret = -EINPROGRESS,
     };
 
-    assert(s->nr_queues > 1);
+    assert(s->queue_count > 1);
     req = nvme_get_free_req(ioq);
     assert(req);
     nvme_submit_command(ioq, req, &cmd, nvme_rw_cb, &data);
@@ -1285,7 +1284,7 @@ static coroutine_fn int nvme_co_pwrite_zeroes(BlockDriverState *bs,
     cmd.cdw12 = cpu_to_le32(cdw12);
 
     trace_nvme_write_zeroes(s, offset, bytes, flags);
-    assert(s->nr_queues > 1);
+    assert(s->queue_count > 1);
     req = nvme_get_free_req(ioq);
     assert(req);
 
@@ -1328,7 +1327,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn nvme_co_pdiscard(BlockDriverState *bs,
         return -ENOTSUP;
     }
 
-    assert(s->nr_queues > 1);
+    assert(s->queue_count > 1);
 
     buf = qemu_try_memalign(s->page_size, s->page_size);
     if (!buf) {
@@ -1408,7 +1407,7 @@ static void nvme_detach_aio_context(BlockDriverState *bs)
 {
     BDRVNVMeState *s = bs->opaque;
 
-    for (int i = 0; i < s->nr_queues; i++) {
+    for (unsigned i = 0; i < s->queue_count; i++) {
         NVMeQueuePair *q = s->queues[i];
 
         qemu_bh_delete(q->completion_bh);
@@ -1429,7 +1428,7 @@ static void nvme_attach_aio_context(BlockDriverState *bs,
     aio_set_event_notifier(new_context, &s->irq_notifier[MSIX_SHARED_IRQ_IDX],
                            false, nvme_handle_event, nvme_poll_cb);
 
-    for (int i = 0; i < s->nr_queues; i++) {
+    for (unsigned i = 0; i < s->queue_count; i++) {
         NVMeQueuePair *q = s->queues[i];
 
         q->completion_bh =
@@ -1446,11 +1445,10 @@ static void nvme_aio_plug(BlockDriverState *bs)
 
 static void nvme_aio_unplug(BlockDriverState *bs)
 {
-    int i;
     BDRVNVMeState *s = bs->opaque;
     assert(s->plugged);
     s->plugged = false;
-    for (i = INDEX_IO(0); i < s->nr_queues; i++) {
+    for (unsigned i = INDEX_IO(0); i < s->queue_count; i++) {
         NVMeQueuePair *q = s->queues[i];
         qemu_mutex_lock(&q->lock);
         nvme_kick(q);
diff --git a/block/trace-events b/block/trace-events
index f6a0f99df1a..8368f4acb0b 100644
--- a/block/trace-events
+++ b/block/trace-events
@@ -136,13 +136,13 @@ qed_aio_write_main(void *s, void *acb, int ret, uint64_t offset, size_t len) "s
 # nvme.c
 nvme_controller_capability_raw(uint64_t value) "0x%08"PRIx64
 nvme_controller_capability(const char *desc, uint64_t value) "%s: %"PRIu64
-nvme_kick(void *s, int queue) "s %p queue %d"
+nvme_kick(void *s, unsigned q_index) "s %p q #%u"
 nvme_dma_flush_queue_wait(void *s) "s %p"
 nvme_error(int cmd_specific, int sq_head, int sqid, int cid, int status) "cmd_specific %d sq_head %d sqid %d cid %d status 0x%x"
-nvme_process_completion(void *s, int index, int inflight) "s %p queue %d inflight %d"
-nvme_process_completion_queue_plugged(void *s, int index) "s %p queue %d"
-nvme_complete_command(void *s, int index, int cid) "s %p queue %d cid %d"
-nvme_submit_command(void *s, int index, int cid) "s %p queue %d cid %d"
+nvme_process_completion(void *s, unsigned q_index, int inflight) "s %p q #%u inflight %d"
+nvme_process_completion_queue_plugged(void *s, unsigned q_index) "s %p q #%u"
+nvme_complete_command(void *s, unsigned q_index, int cid) "s %p q #%u cid %d"
+nvme_submit_command(void *s, unsigned q_index, int cid) "s %p q #%u cid %d"
 nvme_submit_command_raw(int c0, int c1, int c2, int c3, int c4, int c5, int c6, int c7) "%02x %02x %02x %02x %02x %02x %02x %02x"
 nvme_handle_event(void *s) "s %p"
 nvme_poll_queue(void *s, unsigned q_index) "s %p q #%u"
