1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
index fddc8493f35c..81e7fcced4b9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static atomic_t ppp_unit_count = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 static atomic_t channel_count = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 
 /* per-net private data for this module */
-static unsigned int ppp_net_id;
+static int ppp_net_id;
 struct ppp_net {
         /* units to ppp mapping */
         struct idr units_idr;