diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/ttpci/av7110_hw.c b/drivers/media/pci/ttpci/av7110_hw.c
index 041687abd759106a947d38bdf77a7135591ff541..b2b79bb739176c019aae693cc63de96690d47aad 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/ttpci/av7110_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/ttpci/av7110_hw.c
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@
    by Nathan Laredo <laredo@gnu.org> */
 
 int av7110_debiwrite(struct av7110 *av7110, u32 config,
-		     int addr, u32 val, int count)
+		     int addr, u32 val, unsigned int count)
 {
 	struct saa7146_dev *dev = av7110->dev;
 
-	if (count <= 0 || count > 32764) {
+	if (count > 32764) {
 		printk("%s: invalid count %d\n", __func__, count);
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -75,12 +75,12 @@ int av7110_debiwrite(struct av7110 *av7110, u32 config,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-u32 av7110_debiread(struct av7110 *av7110, u32 config, int addr, int count)
+u32 av7110_debiread(struct av7110 *av7110, u32 config, int addr, unsigned int count)
 {
 	struct saa7146_dev *dev = av7110->dev;
 	u32 result = 0;
 
-	if (count > 32764 || count <= 0) {
+	if (count > 32764) {
 		printk("%s: invalid count %d\n", __func__, count);
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/ttpci/av7110_hw.h b/drivers/media/pci/ttpci/av7110_hw.h
index 1634aba5cb84693bfde178dba08f5dc32ab3ab91..ccb1480594068f4058ac8c774cbc888ea16818be 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/ttpci/av7110_hw.h
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/ttpci/av7110_hw.h
@@ -377,14 +377,14 @@ extern int av7110_fw_request(struct av7110 *av7110, u16 *request_buf,
 
 /* DEBI (saa7146 data extension bus interface) access */
 extern int av7110_debiwrite(struct av7110 *av7110, u32 config,
-			    int addr, u32 val, int count);
+			    int addr, u32 val, unsigned int count);
 extern u32 av7110_debiread(struct av7110 *av7110, u32 config,
-			   int addr, int count);
+			   int addr, unsigned int count);
 
 
 /* DEBI during interrupt */
 /* single word writes */
-static inline void iwdebi(struct av7110 *av7110, u32 config, int addr, u32 val, int count)
+static inline void iwdebi(struct av7110 *av7110, u32 config, int addr, u32 val, unsigned int count)
 {
 	av7110_debiwrite(av7110, config, addr, val, count);
 }
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ static inline void mwdebi(struct av7110 *av7110, u32 config, int addr,
 	av7110_debiwrite(av7110, config, addr, 0, count);
 }
 
-static inline u32 irdebi(struct av7110 *av7110, u32 config, int addr, u32 val, int count)
+static inline u32 irdebi(struct av7110 *av7110, u32 config, int addr, u32 val, unsigned int count)
 {
 	u32 res;
 
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ static inline u32 irdebi(struct av7110 *av7110, u32 config, int addr, u32 val, i
 }
 
 /* DEBI outside interrupts, only for count <= 4! */
-static inline void wdebi(struct av7110 *av7110, u32 config, int addr, u32 val, int count)
+static inline void wdebi(struct av7110 *av7110, u32 config, int addr, u32 val, unsigned int count)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ static inline void wdebi(struct av7110 *av7110, u32 config, int addr, u32 val, i
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&av7110->debilock, flags);
 }
 
-static inline u32 rdebi(struct av7110 *av7110, u32 config, int addr, u32 val, int count)
+static inline u32 rdebi(struct av7110 *av7110, u32 config, int addr, u32 val, unsigned int count)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	u32 res;