diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/patch_ca0132.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_ca0132.c
index 467c9a18819b53686e1a31a84c3b6e713da31f13..7668388e8b56c2de0783fdad8bb59ea01aca1abe 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_ca0132.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_ca0132.c
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ static void chipio_enable_clocks(struct hda_codec *codec)
 static int dspio_send(struct hda_codec *codec, unsigned int reg,
 		      unsigned int data)
 {
-	unsigned int res;
+	int res;
 	int retry = 50;
 
 	/* send bits of data specified by reg to dsp */