diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_pil.c b/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_pil.c
index 26446eb08bd8..8fd697a3cf8f 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_pil.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_pil.c
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ static int q6v5_mpss_load(struct q6v5 *qproc)
 	phys_addr_t max_addr = 0;
 	bool relocate = false;
 	char seg_name[10];
-	size_t offset;
+	ssize_t offset;
 	size_t size;
 	void *ptr;
 	int ret;
diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/mdt_loader.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/mdt_loader.c
index 98b2373c3a97..bd63df0d14e0 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/mdt_loader.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/mdt_loader.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ int qcom_mdt_load(struct device *dev, const struct firmware *fw,
 	phys_addr_t min_addr = (phys_addr_t)ULLONG_MAX;
 	phys_addr_t max_addr = 0;
 	size_t fw_name_len;
-	size_t offset;
+	ssize_t offset;
 	char *fw_name;
 	bool relocate = false;
 	void *ptr;