1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/protocol.h b/include/net/protocol.h
index 28c4cac3f8a2..105bf12b0c79 100644
--- a/include/net/protocol.h
+++ b/include/net/protocol.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ struct inet_protosw {
 
         /* These two fields form the lookup key.  */
         unsigned short   type;     /* This is the 2nd argument to socket(2). */
-        int              protocol; /* This is the L4 protocol number.  */
+        unsigned short   protocol; /* This is the L4 protocol number.  */
 
         struct proto     *prot;
         const struct proto_ops *ops;