diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_hwi.c b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_hwi.c
index d048455f49413520fe65f5e9b9336de2f536ec24..16edd84e7130e838caf88ecb7944c54935c2f698 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_hwi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_hwi.c
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ static void init_pci_device_addresses(struct pm8001_hba_info *pm8001_ha)
  */
 static int pm8001_chip_init(struct pm8001_hba_info *pm8001_ha)
 {
-	u8 i = 0;
+	u32 i = 0;
 	u16 deviceid;
 	pci_read_config_word(pm8001_ha->pdev, PCI_DEVICE_ID, &deviceid);
 	/* 8081 controllers need BAR shift to access MPI space