diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index a74c481401c46ee659b1244b0124966cabeafdbd..e5515c521d86678feb8728367497744b5a9b1e05 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -2947,7 +2947,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t stmmac_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	int i, csum_insertion = 0, is_jumbo = 0;
 	u32 queue = skb_get_queue_mapping(skb);
 	int nfrags = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
-	unsigned int entry, first_entry;
+	int entry;
+	unsigned int first_entry;
 	struct dma_desc *desc, *first;
 	struct stmmac_tx_queue *tx_q;
 	unsigned int enh_desc;