diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index bdaef7fd6e47..f53d0cca5fa4 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -2605,7 +2605,8 @@ int __tcp_retransmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int segs)
 	 * copying overhead: fragmentation, tunneling, mangling etc.
 	 */
 	if (atomic_read(&sk->sk_wmem_alloc) >
-	    min(sk->sk_wmem_queued + (sk->sk_wmem_queued >> 2), sk->sk_sndbuf))
+	    min_t(u32, sk->sk_wmem_queued + (sk->sk_wmem_queued >> 2),
+		  sk->sk_sndbuf))
 		return -EAGAIN;
 
 	if (skb_still_in_host_queue(sk, skb))