diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 67ab5f29bc8a..acaa8631b999 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -2241,7 +2241,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t stmmac_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	unsigned int nopaged_len = skb_headlen(skb);
 	int i, csum_insertion = 0, is_jumbo = 0;
 	int nfrags = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
-	unsigned int entry, first_entry;
+	int entry;
+	unsigned int first_entry;
 	struct dma_desc *desc, *first;
 	unsigned int enh_desc;
 	unsigned int des;