1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 13565dfb1b45..653fc0a8235b 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ int ip6_xmit(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi *fl,
         u32 mtu;
 
         if (opt) {
-                int head_room;
+                unsigned int head_room;
 
                 /* First: exthdrs may take lots of space (~8K for now)
                    MAX_HEADER is not enough.