diff --git a/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-cpu.c b/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-cpu.c
index fca62d503590..f19baed61502 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-cpu.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-cpu.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static int ledtrig_prepare_down_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
 
 static int __init ledtrig_cpu_init(void)
 {
-	int cpu;
+	unsigned int cpu;
 	int ret;
 
 	/* Supports up to 9999 cpu cores */
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static int __init ledtrig_cpu_init(void)
 		if (cpu >= 8)
 			continue;
 
-		snprintf(trig->name, MAX_NAME_LEN, "cpu%d", cpu);
+		snprintf(trig->name, MAX_NAME_LEN, "cpu%u", cpu);
 
 		led_trigger_register_simple(trig->name, &trig->_trig);
 	}