diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 5fcc99f768d2..6812afdf0dbf 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ static ssize_t store_scaling_setspeed(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 					const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	unsigned int freq = 0;
-	unsigned int ret;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (!policy->governor || !policy->governor->store_setspeed)
 		return -EINVAL;