diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 1151b50892d1..01ea64d0783a 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -1904,9 +1904,9 @@ static inline unsigned char *__skb_put(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
 	return tmp;
 }
 
-static inline unsigned char *skb_put_zero(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
+static inline void *skb_put_zero(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
 {
-	unsigned char *tmp = skb_put(skb, len);
+	void *tmp = skb_put(skb, len);
 
 	memset(tmp, 0, len);