2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/tipc/core.c b/net/tipc/core.c
index 236b043a4156..0b982d048fb9 100644
--- a/net/tipc/core.c
+++ b/net/tipc/core.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 
 /* configurable TIPC parameters */
-int tipc_net_id __read_mostly;
+unsigned int tipc_net_id __read_mostly;
 int sysctl_tipc_rmem[3] __read_mostly;  /* min/default/max */
 
 static int __net_init tipc_init_net(struct net *net)
diff --git a/net/tipc/core.h b/net/tipc/core.h
index a1845fb27d80..5cc5398be722 100644
--- a/net/tipc/core.h
+++ b/net/tipc/core.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ struct tipc_monitor;
 #define MAX_BEARERS              3
 #define TIPC_DEF_MON_THRESHOLD  32
 
-extern int tipc_net_id __read_mostly;
+extern unsigned int tipc_net_id __read_mostly;
 extern int sysctl_tipc_rmem[3] __read_mostly;
 extern int sysctl_tipc_named_timeout __read_mostly;