diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/davinci_vpfe/dm365_ipipe_hw.c b/drivers/staging/media/davinci_vpfe/dm365_ipipe_hw.c
index 2a3a56b88de19e866f9db6035c28d53427f4004a..b1d5e23ae6e086cc1cab1e81991d19bf42b15e23 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/davinci_vpfe/dm365_ipipe_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/davinci_vpfe/dm365_ipipe_hw.c
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ int config_ipipe_hw(struct vpfe_ipipe_device *ipipe)
 	void __iomem *ipipe_base = ipipe->base_addr;
 	struct v4l2_mbus_framefmt *outformat;
 	u32 color_pat;
-	u32 ipipe_mode;
+	int ipipe_mode;
 	u32 data_path;
 
 	/* enable clock to IPIPE */