diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_txrx.c
index 6d43cbe29c49..d28b57937245 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_txrx.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ void iavf_detect_recover_hung(struct iavf_vsi *vsi)
 static bool iavf_clean_tx_irq(struct iavf_vsi *vsi,
 			      struct iavf_ring *tx_ring, int napi_budget)
 {
-	u16 i = tx_ring->next_to_clean;
+	int i = tx_ring->next_to_clean;
 	struct iavf_tx_buffer *tx_buf;
 	struct iavf_tx_desc *tx_desc;
 	unsigned int total_bytes = 0, total_packets = 0;