diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index dcbe4537ad99b2a1260f550bca777a30ee24deb1..12236daf7bb6d5358fdafe50e37227e19b95bc33 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ static int init_dma_rx_desc_rings(struct net_device *dev, gfp_t flags)
 	u32 rx_count = priv->plat->rx_queues_to_use;
 	unsigned int bfsize = 0;
 	int ret = -ENOMEM;
-	u32 queue;
+	int queue;
 	int i;
 
 	if (priv->hw->mode->set_16kib_bfsize)