diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_icmp.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_icmp.c
index 1fd3ef7718b6..2a8bee26f43d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_icmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_icmp.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include <net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.h>
 #include <net/netfilter/nf_log.h>
 
-static unsigned long nf_ct_icmp_timeout __read_mostly = 30*HZ;
+static unsigned int nf_ct_icmp_timeout __read_mostly = 30*HZ;
 
 static bool icmp_pkt_to_tuple(const struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int dataoff,
 			      struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_icmpv6.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_icmpv6.c
index bd52151d31e9..c455cf4ee756 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_icmpv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_icmpv6.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include <net/netfilter/ipv6/nf_conntrack_icmpv6.h>
 #include <net/netfilter/nf_log.h>
 
-static unsigned long nf_ct_icmpv6_timeout __read_mostly = 30*HZ;
+static unsigned int nf_ct_icmpv6_timeout __read_mostly = 30*HZ;
 
 static bool icmpv6_pkt_to_tuple(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 				unsigned int dataoff,