diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
index 0133af49cf06..80e32093e977 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(performance_mutex);
  *  0 -> cpufreq low level drivers initialized -> consider _PPC values
  *  1 -> ignore _PPC totally -> forced by user through boot param
  */
-static unsigned int ignore_ppc = -1;
+static int ignore_ppc = -1;
 module_param(ignore_ppc, uint, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ignore_ppc, "If the frequency of your machine gets wrongly" \
 		 "limited by BIOS, this should help");