diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_ssi.c b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_ssi.c
index a65f17d57ffb44733b7858364678581308dea040..4a48da5673ce1ddc5986d11b364ac8391827d57b 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_ssi.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_ssi.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ struct fsl_ssi_soc_data {
  */
 struct fsl_ssi_private {
 	struct regmap *regs;
-	unsigned int irq;
+	int irq;
 	struct snd_soc_dai_driver cpu_dai_drv;
 
 	unsigned int dai_fmt;