diff --git a/include/asm-x86/geode.h b/include/asm-x86/geode.h
index 9e7280092a486ba33d31ef567f22349fc25e0810..9870cc1f2f8f4d5bb9b7ec296869b5cf2f4f17aa 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/geode.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/geode.h
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static inline int is_geode(void)
 /* MFGPTs */
 
 #define MFGPT_MAX_TIMERS	8
-#define MFGPT_TIMER_ANY		-1
+#define MFGPT_TIMER_ANY		(-1)
 
 #define MFGPT_DOMAIN_WORKING	1
 #define MFGPT_DOMAIN_STANDBY	2