diff --git a/drivers/net/vrf.c b/drivers/net/vrf.c
index 9b243e6f3008bb5319844412cd49db1cd7bce594..7dc3bcac350666396cf943fdcb583e0d97c6bf8e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vrf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vrf.c
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ static int vrf_fib_rule(const struct net_device *dev, __u8 family, bool add_it)
 	frh->family = family;
 	frh->action = FR_ACT_TO_TBL;
 
-	if (nla_put_u32(skb, FRA_L3MDEV, 1))
+	if (nla_put_u8(skb, FRA_L3MDEV, 1))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	if (nla_put_u32(skb, FRA_PRIORITY, FIB_RULE_PREF))