diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_queue.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_queue.c
index d2c1311cb28d..f7f9bd7ba12d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_queue.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_queue.c
@@ -402,7 +402,8 @@ ipq_dev_drop(int ifindex)
 static inline void
 __ipq_rcv_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	int status, type, pid, flags, nlmsglen, skblen;
+	int status, type, pid, flags;
+	unsigned int nlmsglen, skblen;
 	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
 
 	skblen = skb->len;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_queue.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_queue.c
index 413ab0754e1f..065fe405fb58 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_queue.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_queue.c
@@ -403,7 +403,8 @@ ipq_dev_drop(int ifindex)
 static inline void
 __ipq_rcv_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	int status, type, pid, flags, nlmsglen, skblen;
+	int status, type, pid, flags;
+	unsigned int nlmsglen, skblen;
 	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
 
 	skblen = skb->len;