diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c
index 65c377dc027955684baa355bdee21c91d8524e9d..2da49cdf0208b5f91f25af38a60bb276a0e80d40 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c
@@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@ _base_enable_msix(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc)
 	if (_base_check_enable_msix(ioc) != 0)
 		goto try_ioapic;
 
-	ioc->reply_queue_count = min_t(u8, ioc->cpu_count,
+	ioc->reply_queue_count = min_t(int, ioc->cpu_count,
 	    ioc->msix_vector_count);
 
 	entries = kcalloc(ioc->reply_queue_count, sizeof(struct msix_entry),