diff --git a/src/cpu/intel/model_2065x/model_2065x_init.c b/src/cpu/intel/model_2065x/model_2065x_init.c
index 30519c0..e77f9aa 100644
--- a/src/cpu/intel/model_2065x/model_2065x_init.c
+++ b/src/cpu/intel/model_2065x/model_2065x_init.c
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@
 static int get_cpu_count(void)
 {
 	msr_t msr;
-	int num_threads;
-	int num_cores;
+	unsigned int num_threads;
+	unsigned int num_cores;
 
 	msr = rdmsr(MSR_CORE_THREAD_COUNT);
 	num_threads = (msr.lo >> 0) & 0xffff;