diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/biosattr-interface.c b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/biosattr-interface.c
index 1d59ad600b84c14c557882b5f2dd0e7bdceb86fd..dea54f35b8b5dcf421d3b78e0d378d640c753945 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/biosattr-interface.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/biosattr-interface.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ int hp_wmi_perform_query(int query, enum hp_wmi_command command, void *buffer,
 	struct bios_return *bios_return;
 	union acpi_object *obj = NULL;
 	struct bios_args *args = NULL;
-	u32 mid, actual_outsize, ret;
+	int mid, actual_outsize, ret;
 	size_t bios_args_size;
 
 	mid = hp_encode_outsize_for_pvsz(outsize);