diff --git a/drivers/video/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-main.c b/drivers/video/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-main.c
index 08ec1a7103f2b728420f9e534a2002b20f457d45..fc671d3d8004899ba36064954fc1343ddefb85e2 100644
--- a/drivers/video/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-main.c
+++ b/drivers/video/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-main.c
@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ static int _setcolreg(struct fb_info *fbi, u_int regno, u_int red, u_int green,
 			break;
 
 		if (regno < 16) {
-			u16 pal;
+			u32 pal;
 			pal = ((red >> (16 - var->red.length)) <<
 					var->red.offset) |
 				((green >> (16 - var->green.length)) <<