diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/setup.c b/arch/tile/kernel/setup.c
index 6b755d125783f45b05de02e3fe5f7b5e32d1af45..bbb855de6569841200c991bf610b090c4e94c47b 100644
--- a/arch/tile/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/tile/kernel/setup.c
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ static int __init node_neighbors(int node, int cpu,
 
 static void __init setup_numa_mapping(void)
 {
-	int distance[MAX_NUMNODES][NR_CPUS];
+	u8 distance[MAX_NUMNODES][NR_CPUS];
 	HV_Coord coord;
 	int cpu, node, cpus, i, x, y;
 	int num_nodes = num_online_nodes();