diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index b70d3ea1430e7db49c4a4fc86f87dbb47cfdbe8c..24db22257586bd6b367f200206eaf4b9c36032bd 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -4423,7 +4423,7 @@ static int nf_tables_check_loops(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
  */
 unsigned int nft_parse_u32_check(const struct nlattr *attr, int max, u32 *dest)
 {
-	int val;
+	u32 val;
 
 	val = ntohl(nla_get_be32(attr));
 	if (val > max)