diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/p2p_supplicant.c b/wpa_supplicant/p2p_supplicant.c
index 2e506867e..1e70ad6d1 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/p2p_supplicant.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/p2p_supplicant.c
@@ -3818,7 +3818,7 @@ static int wpas_p2p_setup_channels(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
 
 	for (op = 0; global_op_class[op].op_class; op++) {
 		const struct oper_class_map *o = &global_op_class[op];
-		u8 ch;
+		unsigned int ch;
 		struct p2p_reg_class *reg = NULL, *cli_reg = NULL;
 
 		if (o->p2p == NO_P2P_SUPP ||