diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
index 4a2f35ccbf05839d141b1c6f751119e718028691..5f9da87d8762c8b9f3b5663819b1c742ca819951 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ find_codec_preset(struct hda_codec *codec)
 {
 	struct hda_codec_preset_list *tbl;
 	const struct hda_codec_preset *preset;
-	int mod_requested = 0;
+	unsigned int mod_requested = 0;
 
 	if (is_generic_config(codec))
 		return NULL; /* use the generic parser */