diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 64fa7f4c702dbb373254af88e5d15915ccf8ce40..784129fb61d443a1b0f10598424b57f702e72902 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -1334,8 +1334,8 @@ extern int	       skb_copy_and_csum_datagram_iovec(struct sk_buff *skb,
 extern void	       skb_free_datagram(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
 extern void	       skb_kill_datagram(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 					 unsigned int flags);
-extern unsigned int    skb_checksum(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset,
-				    int len, unsigned int csum);
+extern __wsum	       skb_checksum(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset,
+				    int len, __wsum csum);
 extern int	       skb_copy_bits(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset,
 				     void *to, int len);
 extern int	       skb_store_bits(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset,
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 6e8c15b39eb8fce7e71c7f7256e46ca06b0b1a2d..be9b541f536f8a9de759b6fe266cd5ad8b207499 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -1240,8 +1240,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_store_bits);
 
 /* Checksum skb data. */
 
-unsigned int skb_checksum(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset,
-			  int len, unsigned int csum)
+__wsum skb_checksum(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset,
+			  int len, __wsum csum)
 {
 	int start = skb_headlen(skb);
 	int i, copy = start - offset;