diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/patch_via.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_via.c
index 5ec0e39593b5..5a856009c916 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_via.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_via.c
@@ -2043,7 +2043,10 @@ static void via_speaker_automute(struct hda_codec *codec)
 /* mute line-out and internal speaker if HP is plugged */
 static void via_hp_bind_automute(struct hda_codec *codec)
 {
-	unsigned int hp_present, present = 0;
+	/* use long instead of int below just to avoid an internal compiler
+	 * error with gcc 4.0.x
+	 */
+	unsigned long hp_present, present = 0;
 	struct via_spec *spec = codec->spec;
 	int i;