diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sched.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sched.c
index fc624b73d05d..2fde9653a608 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sched.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sched.c
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ enum ice_status ice_sched_query_res_alloc(struct ice_hw *hw)
 	struct ice_aqc_query_txsched_res_resp *buf;
 	enum ice_status status = 0;
 	__le16 max_sibl;
-	u8 i;
+	u16 i;
 
 	if (hw->layer_info)
 		return status;