diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/cpu-tegra.c b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/cpu-tegra.c
index 0e1016a827ac..f15b689b749f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/cpu-tegra.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/cpu-tegra.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static int tegra_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 		       unsigned int target_freq,
 		       unsigned int relation)
 {
-	int idx;
+	unsigned int idx;
 	unsigned int freq;
 	int ret = 0;