diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 2863214c5381..73d53d5a16ee 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ static int __cpufreq_set_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 static ssize_t store_##file_name					\
 (struct cpufreq_policy *policy, const char *buf, size_t count)		\
 {									\
-	unsigned int ret;						\
+	int ret;							\
 	struct cpufreq_policy new_policy;				\
 									\
 	ret = cpufreq_get_policy(&new_policy, policy->cpu);		\
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ static ssize_t show_scaling_governor(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf)
 static ssize_t store_scaling_governor(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 					const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-	unsigned int ret;
+	int ret;
 	char	str_governor[16];
 	struct cpufreq_policy new_policy;