diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/farch.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/farch.c
index 133e9e35be9e92..4c83739d158f1d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/farch.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/farch.c
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ int efx_farch_test_registers(struct efx_nic *efx,
 			     const struct efx_farch_register_test *regs,
 			     size_t n_regs)
 {
-	unsigned address = 0, i, j;
+	unsigned address = 0;
+	int i, j;
 	efx_oword_t mask, imask, original, reg, buf;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < n_regs; ++i) {