diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-ops.c b/sound/soc/soc-ops.c
index 500f98c730b9..7144a51ddfa9 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-ops.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-ops.c
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ int snd_soc_get_volsw_sx(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol,
 	unsigned int rshift = mc->rshift;
 	int max = mc->max;
 	int min = mc->min;
-	int mask = (1 << (fls(min + max) - 1)) - 1;
+	unsigned int mask = (1 << (fls(min + max) - 1)) - 1;
 	unsigned int val;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ int snd_soc_put_volsw_sx(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol,
 	unsigned int rshift = mc->rshift;
 	int max = mc->max;
 	int min = mc->min;
-	int mask = (1 << (fls(min + max) - 1)) - 1;
+	unsigned int mask = (1 << (fls(min + max) - 1)) - 1;
 	int err = 0;
 	unsigned int val, val_mask, val2 = 0;