diff --git a/net/ipx/af_ipx.c b/net/ipx/af_ipx.c
index 15419dd682fda75fbf46a07e9bf565598878c69f..8400525177ab4c837df020947bbd74133487023f 100644
--- a/net/ipx/af_ipx.c
+++ b/net/ipx/af_ipx.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ extern int ipxrtr_add_route(__be32 network, struct ipx_interface *intrfc,
 			    unsigned char *node);
 extern void ipxrtr_del_routes(struct ipx_interface *intrfc);
 extern int ipxrtr_route_packet(struct sock *sk, struct sockaddr_ipx *usipx,
-			       struct iovec *iov, int len, int noblock);
+			       struct iovec *iov, size_t len, int noblock);
 extern int ipxrtr_route_skb(struct sk_buff *skb);
 extern struct ipx_route *ipxrtr_lookup(__be32 net);
 extern int ipxrtr_ioctl(unsigned int cmd, void __user *arg);