diff --git a/sound/soc/atmel/mchp-spdiftx.c b/sound/soc/atmel/mchp-spdiftx.c
index 9b40df2c39f9b..bcca1cf3cd7b6 100644
--- a/sound/soc/atmel/mchp-spdiftx.c
+++ b/sound/soc/atmel/mchp-spdiftx.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ struct mchp_spdiftx_dev {
 	struct clk				*pclk;
 	struct clk				*gclk;
 	unsigned int				fmt;
-	int					gclk_enabled:1;
+	unsigned int				gclk_enabled:1;
 };
 
 static inline int mchp_spdiftx_is_running(struct mchp_spdiftx_dev *dev)