diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-bcm2835.c b/drivers/spi/spi-bcm2835.c
index 232002db26966faa452e3f376cde58f6f51e0304..5cbdc94bb4cfd96fe1c53943b64966a079a478ac 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-bcm2835.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-bcm2835.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ struct bcm2835_spi {
 	int tx_prologue;
 	int rx_prologue;
 	bool tx_spillover;
-	bool dma_pending;
+	unsigned int dma_pending;
 };
 
 static inline u32 bcm2835_rd(struct bcm2835_spi *bs, unsigned reg)