diff --git a/drivers/staging/mt7621-pinctrl/pinctrl-rt2880.c b/drivers/staging/mt7621-pinctrl/pinctrl-rt2880.c
index d08386601c73..65c6b5ad231b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/mt7621-pinctrl/pinctrl-rt2880.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/mt7621-pinctrl/pinctrl-rt2880.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ struct rt2880_priv {
 	const char **group_names;
 	int group_count;
 
-	uint8_t *gpio;
+	u8 *gpio;
 	int max_pins;
 };
 
@@ -343,8 +343,7 @@ static int rt2880_pinmux_pins(struct rt2880_priv *p)
 	}
 
 	/* the buffer that tells us which pins are gpio */
-	p->gpio = devm_kcalloc(p->dev, p->max_pins,
-			       sizeof(uint8_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+	p->gpio = devm_kcalloc(p->dev, p->max_pins, sizeof(u8), GFP_KERNEL);
 	/* the pads needed to tell pinctrl about our pins */
 	p->pads = devm_kcalloc(p->dev, p->max_pins,
 			       sizeof(struct pinctrl_pin_desc), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -353,7 +352,7 @@ static int rt2880_pinmux_pins(struct rt2880_priv *p)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	memset(p->gpio, 1, sizeof(uint8_t) * p->max_pins);
+	memset(p->gpio, 1, sizeof(u8) * p->max_pins);
 	for (i = 0; i < p->func_count; i++) {
 		if (!p->func[i]->pin_count)
 			continue;