diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc.c
index 55639c133dd0..91a4ea529d07 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc.c
@@ -1669,7 +1669,7 @@ static int npc_fwdb_detect_load_prfl_img(struct rvu *rvu, uint64_t prfl_sz,
 	struct npc_coalesced_kpu_prfl *img_data = NULL;
 	int i = 0, rc = -EINVAL;
 	void __iomem *kpu_prfl_addr;
-	u16 offset;
+	u32 offset;
 
 	img_data = (struct npc_coalesced_kpu_prfl __force *)rvu->kpu_prfl_addr;
 	if (le64_to_cpu(img_data->signature) == KPU_SIGN &&