1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c
index 5e713d3ef1f4..f2a1380ed678 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ static unsigned int serial_omap_tx_empty(struct uart_port *port)
 static unsigned int serial_omap_get_mctrl(struct uart_port *port)
 {
         struct uart_omap_port *up = (struct uart_omap_port *)port;
-        unsigned char status;
+        unsigned int status;
         unsigned int ret = 0;
 
         status = check_modem_status(up);