diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/i2c.h b/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/i2c.h
index 375cdd0cf876b114f9e9e6fcbd7751cbc5fddf01..8289d915e615855c9b5628b6503d3c13616045db 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/i2c.h
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/i2c.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  *
  **/
 struct imxi2c_platform_data {
-	int bitrate;
+	u32 bitrate;
 };
 
 #endif /* __ASM_ARCH_I2C_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c
index dd2a0839b266be2adadb302ba126581f268a7128..90460dd5e5abe62a60449957db47ff407ff3fc6f 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c
@@ -471,8 +471,8 @@ static int __init i2c_imx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct imxi2c_platform_data *pdata = pdev->dev.platform_data;
 	struct pinctrl *pinctrl;
 	void __iomem *base;
-	int irq, bitrate;
-	int ret;
+	int irq, ret;
+	u32 bitrate;
 
 	dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "<%s>\n", __func__);