diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/adxl34x.c b/drivers/input/misc/adxl34x.c
index 5fe92d4ba3f0..4cc4e8ff42b3 100644
--- a/drivers/input/misc/adxl34x.c
+++ b/drivers/input/misc/adxl34x.c
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ struct adxl34x *adxl34x_probe(struct device *dev, int irq,
 	struct input_dev *input_dev;
 	const struct adxl34x_platform_data *pdata;
 	int err, range, i;
-	unsigned char revid;
+	int revid;
 
 	if (!irq) {
 		dev_err(dev, "no IRQ?\n");