diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.c
index dbe6295bbf23..91f26556ac23 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.c
@@ -3086,7 +3086,7 @@ static ssize_t rs_sta_dbgfs_scale_table_write(struct file *file,
 	struct iwl_lq_sta *lq_sta = file->private_data;
 	struct iwl_priv *priv;
 	char buf[64];
-	int buf_size;
+	size_t buf_size;
 	u32 parsed_rate;
 	struct iwl_station_priv *sta_priv =
 		container_of(lq_sta, struct iwl_station_priv, lq_sta);