diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/fsl_ftm_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/fsl_ftm_timer.c
index 3ee7e6fea621..846d18daf893 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/fsl_ftm_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/fsl_ftm_timer.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static int __init __ftm_clk_init(struct device_node *np, char *cnt_name,
 
 static unsigned long __init ftm_clk_init(struct device_node *np)
 {
-	unsigned long freq;
+	long freq;
 
 	freq = __ftm_clk_init(np, "ftm-evt-counter-en", "ftm-evt");
 	if (freq <= 0)