diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
index 80e3209..80c251e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
  *  1 -> ignore _PPC totally -> forced by user through boot param
  */
 static int ignore_ppc = -1;
-module_param(ignore_ppc, uint, 0644);
+module_param(ignore_ppc, int, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ignore_ppc, "If the frequency of your machine gets wrongly" \
 		 "limited by BIOS, this should help");