1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
index 9ee51adf567f..9ff90cb1dbf1 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ void ide_timer_expiry (unsigned long data)
         ide_drive_t     *uninitialized_var(drive);
         ide_handler_t   *handler;
         unsigned long   flags;
-        unsigned long   wait = -1;
+        int             wait = -1;
         int             plug_device = 0;
 
         spin_lock_irqsave(&hwif->lock, flags);