diff --git a/drivers/staging/olpc_dcon/olpc_dcon_xo_1_5.c b/drivers/staging/olpc_dcon/olpc_dcon_xo_1_5.c
index 6a4d379c16a3..1e23ef15b263 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/olpc_dcon/olpc_dcon_xo_1_5.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/olpc_dcon/olpc_dcon_xo_1_5.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static void dcon_clear_irq(void)
 
 static int dcon_was_irq(void)
 {
-	u_int8_t tmp;
+	u8 tmp;
 
 	/* irq status will appear in PMIO_Rx50[6] on gpio12 */
 	tmp = inb(VX855_GPI_STATUS_CHG);