1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_htcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_htcp.c
index 682e7d5b6f2f..283be3cb4667 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_htcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_htcp.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module_param(use_bandwidth_switch, int, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(use_bandwidth_switch, "turn on/off bandwidth switcher");
 
 struct htcp {
-        u16     alpha;          /* Fixed point arith, << 7 */
+        u32     alpha;          /* Fixed point arith, << 7 */
         u8      beta;           /* Fixed point arith, << 7 */
         u8      modeswitch;     /* Delay modeswitch until we had at least one congestion event */
         u32     last_cong;      /* Time since last congestion event end */