diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/me_daq.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/me_daq.c
index 3bf0caa18ab04a7af4046a74deba09252b82dbca..c0b7a300e4288940c692eb2f96f56e073f190e19 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/me_daq.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/me_daq.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ struct me_private_data {
 	unsigned short dac_ctrl;	/* Mirror of the DAC_CONTROL register */
 };
 
-static inline void sleep(unsigned sec)
+static inline void sleep(unsigned int sec)
 {
 	schedule_timeout_interruptible(sec * HZ);
 }