diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 925f2f8659b8f181fc9a447329180cbc4a12a5e9..934143e1193bebda911b549381444f5aa3d368c1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -1945,7 +1945,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t stmmac_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct stmmac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	unsigned int txsize = priv->dma_tx_size;
-	unsigned int entry;
+	int entry;
 	int i, csum_insertion = 0, is_jumbo = 0;
 	int nfrags = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
 	struct dma_desc *desc, *first;