diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/ir-lirc-codec.c b/drivers/media/rc/ir-lirc-codec.c
index 6ad4a07706133c0385ed5690e2ac68aeb565ece2..569124b03de3f8ecfa67321a536e144b628b81cd 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/ir-lirc-codec.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/ir-lirc-codec.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static ssize_t ir_lirc_transmit_ir(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = dev->tx_ir(dev, txbuf, (u32)n);
+	ret = dev->tx_ir(dev, txbuf, count);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out;