1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h
index a34f53acb6d6..d3938f11ae52 100644
--- a/include/net/netlink.h
+++ b/include/net/netlink.h
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ static inline int nla_ok(const struct nlattr *nla, int remaining)
  */
 static inline struct nlattr *nla_next(const struct nlattr *nla, int *remaining)
 {
-        int totlen = NLA_ALIGN(nla->nla_len);
+        unsigned int totlen = NLA_ALIGN(nla->nla_len);
 
         *remaining -= totlen;
         return (struct nlattr *) ((char *) nla + totlen);