diff --git a/include/linux/socket.h b/include/linux/socket.h
index a2fada9becb60c47fcbf8143b3b3c67d291731b8..a8f56e1ec7602705d70ca326e620f1a8927e3925 100644
--- a/include/linux/socket.h
+++ b/include/linux/socket.h
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ extern int csum_partial_copy_fromiovecend(unsigned char *kdata,
 					  int offset, 
 					  unsigned int len, __wsum *csump);
 
-extern int verify_iovec(struct msghdr *m, struct iovec *iov, struct sockaddr *address, int mode);
+extern long verify_iovec(struct msghdr *m, struct iovec *iov, struct sockaddr *address, int mode);
 extern int memcpy_toiovec(struct iovec *v, unsigned char *kdata, int len);
 extern int memcpy_toiovecend(const struct iovec *v, unsigned char *kdata,
 			     int offset, int len);
diff --git a/net/core/iovec.c b/net/core/iovec.c
index 1cd98df412dfd52daee9cc9105ceddfea0d87a59..e6b133b77ccb5615d65bcdac0ecc01b759808c76 100644
--- a/net/core/iovec.c
+++ b/net/core/iovec.c
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@
  *	in any case.
  */
 
-int verify_iovec(struct msghdr *m, struct iovec *iov, struct sockaddr *address, int mode)
+long verify_iovec(struct msghdr *m, struct iovec *iov, struct sockaddr *address, int mode)
 {
-	int size, err, ct;
+	int size, ct;
+	long err;
 
 	if (m->msg_namelen) {
 		if (mode == VERIFY_READ) {
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 95d75d443927a9b0f06cd9934ea5a3749e5ff09f..f115ea68a4efa264c59b20f61222db97a6050a9d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ int tcp_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
 	sg = sk->sk_route_caps & NETIF_F_SG;
 
 	while (--iovlen >= 0) {
-		int seglen = iov->iov_len;
+		size_t seglen = iov->iov_len;
 		unsigned char __user *from = iov->iov_base;
 
 		iov++;