diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mvebu.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mvebu.c
index 3c3321f94053ab68f0ab0e691afc1ddf2b83f0e9..db3129043e635c2bc9c7f6a7c3ffd111de5dc6f4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mvebu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mvebu.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct mvebu_gpio_chip {
 	spinlock_t	   lock;
 	void __iomem	  *membase;
 	void __iomem	  *percpu_membase;
-	unsigned int       irqbase;
+	int		   irqbase;
 	struct irq_domain *domain;
 	int                soc_variant;
 };