diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/cs35l56.c b/sound/soc/codecs/cs35l56.c
index 90fc79b5666d..d97b465f0d3c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/cs35l56.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/cs35l56.c
@@ -321,7 +321,9 @@ irqreturn_t cs35l56_irq(int irq, void *data)
 	struct cs35l56_private *cs35l56 = data;
 	unsigned int status1 = 0, status8 = 0, status20 = 0;
 	unsigned int mask1, mask8, mask20;
-	unsigned int rv, val;
+	unsigned int val;
+	int rv;
+
 	irqreturn_t ret = IRQ_NONE;
 
 	if (!cs35l56->init_done)