diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/spear-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/spear-cpufreq.c
index 19e364fa5955..3f418166ce02 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/spear-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/spear-cpufreq.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static int spear_cpufreq_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 		unsigned int target_freq, unsigned int relation)
 {
 	struct cpufreq_freqs freqs;
-	unsigned long newfreq;
+	long newfreq;
 	struct clk *srcclk;
 	int index, ret, mult = 1;