diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch.h
index caf4e6007a44cc4aef2e47c08f2ebb5c0db4e875..9ad9b1e7c8c1cced39eda9ead95d85e498018a03 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch.h
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static inline int insert_handle(struct iwch_dev *rhp, struct idr *idr,
 				void *handle, u32 id)
 {
 	int ret;
-	u32 newid;
+	int newid;
 
 	do {
 		if (!idr_pre_get(idr, GFP_KERNEL)) {