diff --git a/include/linux/mmc/core.h b/include/linux/mmc/core.h
index 160448f920acd443327be8fa4a2c70cd7c736134..de722d4e9d61b9a1e30e4e80f0bb7630acec9459 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmc/core.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmc/core.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct mmc_command {
 #define mmc_cmd_type(cmd)	((cmd)->flags & MMC_CMD_MASK)
 
 	unsigned int		retries;	/* max number of retries */
-	unsigned int		error;		/* command error */
+	int			error;		/* command error */
 
 /*
  * Standard errno values are used for errors, but some have specific
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ struct mmc_data {
 	unsigned int		timeout_clks;	/* data timeout (in clocks) */
 	unsigned int		blksz;		/* data block size */
 	unsigned int		blocks;		/* number of blocks */
-	unsigned int		error;		/* data error */
+	int			error;		/* data error */
 	unsigned int		flags;
 
 #define MMC_DATA_WRITE	(1 << 8)