diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4.h
index ebcd2778eeb3..23f1b5b512c2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4.h
@@ -540,8 +540,8 @@ struct slave_list {
 struct resource_allocator {
 	spinlock_t alloc_lock; /* protect quotas */
 	union {
-		int res_reserved;
-		int res_port_rsvd[MLX4_MAX_PORTS];
+		unsigned int res_reserved;
+		unsigned int res_port_rsvd[MLX4_MAX_PORTS];
 	};
 	union {
 		int res_free;