diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/mxs-mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/mxs-mmc.c
index b9a9ca01014f..493cd9eb8aa8 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/mxs-mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/mxs-mmc.c
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ static void mxs_mmc_adtc(struct mxs_mmc_host *host)
 	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *desc;
 	struct scatterlist *sgl = data->sg, *sg;
 	unsigned int sg_len = data->sg_len;
-	int i;
+	unsigned int i;
 
 	unsigned short dma_data_dir, timeout;
 	enum dma_transfer_direction slave_dirn;