diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmatest.c b/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
index d02089850ec1813e86059851449f800d0949a25d..f86903661428019a5d004bb6d95286c959b71784 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(pq_sources,
 		"Number of p+q source buffers (default: 3)");
 
 static int timeout = 3000;
-module_param(timeout, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+module_param(timeout, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(timeout, "Transfer Timeout in msec (default: 3000), "
 		 "Pass -1 for infinite timeout");