diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
index 22cd19e..4351ca2 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inet_csk_compat_getsockopt);
 
 int inet_csk_compat_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
-			       char __user *optval, int optlen)
+			       char __user *optval, unsigned int optlen)
 {
 	const struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);