diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-cp2112.c b/drivers/hid/hid-cp2112.c
index 6d679f1840a7..1025982c7fd3 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-cp2112.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-cp2112.c
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ static int cp2112_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, u16 addr,
 	struct hid_device *hdev = dev->hdev;
 	u8 buf[64];
 	__be16 word;
-	size_t count;
+	ssize_t count;
 	size_t read_length = 0;
 	unsigned int retries;
 	int ret;