diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/smiapp/smiapp-core.c b/drivers/media/i2c/smiapp/smiapp-core.c
index 0a74e145e1d2..db3d5a64d2ca 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/smiapp/smiapp-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/smiapp/smiapp-core.c
@@ -1766,7 +1766,7 @@ static void smiapp_set_compose_binner(struct v4l2_subdev *subdev,
 	struct smiapp_sensor *sensor = to_smiapp_sensor(subdev);
 	unsigned int i;
 	unsigned int binh = 1, binv = 1;
-	unsigned int best = scaling_goodness(
+	int best = scaling_goodness(
 		subdev,
 		crops[SMIAPP_PAD_SINK]->width, sel->r.width,
 		crops[SMIAPP_PAD_SINK]->height, sel->r.height, sel->flags);