diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/qp.c
index 5829367..72ea152 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/qp.c
@@ -1533,7 +1533,7 @@
 	struct c4iw_cq *schp;
 	struct c4iw_cq *rchp;
 	struct c4iw_create_qp_resp uresp;
-	int sqsize, rqsize;
+	unsigned int sqsize, rqsize;
 	struct c4iw_ucontext *ucontext;
 	int ret;
 	struct c4iw_mm_entry *mm1, *mm2, *mm3, *mm4, *mm5 = NULL;