diff --git a/sound/soc/atmel/mchp-spdiftx.c b/sound/soc/atmel/mchp-spdiftx.c
index 4850a177803dbee786c34a5aa93793cbc917d167..ab2d7a791f39ce3dc742fe325e786d75d98c2943 100644
--- a/sound/soc/atmel/mchp-spdiftx.c
+++ b/sound/soc/atmel/mchp-spdiftx.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ struct mchp_spdiftx_dev {
 	struct clk				*pclk;
 	struct clk				*gclk;
 	unsigned int				fmt;
-	int					gclk_enabled:1;
+	unsigned int				gclk_enabled:1;
 };
 
 static inline int mchp_spdiftx_is_running(struct mchp_spdiftx_dev *dev)