diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/sch56xx-common.c b/drivers/hwmon/sch56xx-common.c
index 69abbf7..d00b30a 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/sch56xx-common.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/sch56xx-common.c
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ exit:
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int __init sch56xx_device_add(unsigned short address, const char *name)
+static int __init sch56xx_device_add(int address, const char *name)
 {
 	struct resource res = {
 		.start	= address,
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ exit_device_put:
 
 static int __init sch56xx_init(void)
 {
-	unsigned short address;
+	int address;
 	const char *name = NULL;
 
 	address = sch56xx_find(0x4e, &name);