diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 92049e681258a4d43c1e3bd7ccee8ac8af8dab2d..d695cea7730da4a4bd16da6c0ce7bfcf2680767f 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ static inline int tcp_is_cwnd_limited(const struct sock *sk, u32 in_flight)
 		return left <= tcp_max_burst(tp);
 }
 
-static inline void tcp_minshall_update(struct tcp_sock *tp, int mss,
+static inline void tcp_minshall_update(struct tcp_sock *tp, unsigned int mss,
 				       const struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	if (skb->len < mss)