diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
index 2890e926b49830eeefba4411f5f6371e612fe0fe..72c565712a5f83106fe92ee7aa6e2f674e89efa2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
@@ -1277,7 +1277,7 @@ static void ixgbe_get_strings(struct net_device *netdev, u32 stringset,
 			      u8 *data)
 {
 	char *p = (char *)data;
-	int i;
+	unsigned int i;
 
 	switch (stringset) {
 	case ETH_SS_TEST: