diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_mll.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_mll.c
index 231176fcd2ba390d55741d6d5fa82e7be2311823..2784bc706f1e2cd4cca9ed6289f09105ece35bf3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_mll.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_mll.c
@@ -1545,7 +1545,7 @@ static int __devinit ks8851_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	netdev->irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
 
-	if (netdev->irq < 0) {
+	if ((int)netdev->irq < 0) {
 		err = netdev->irq;
 		goto err_get_irq;
 	}