diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h
index 123566912d7312f276bf975cd1a48c97b2ffa830..e2b9e63afa68b53f45fdc60c1a3f76cf0f338705 100644
--- a/include/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netlink.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ struct nlmsghdr {
    Check		NLM_F_EXCL
  */
 
-#define NLMSG_ALIGNTO	4
+#define NLMSG_ALIGNTO	4U
 #define NLMSG_ALIGN(len) ( ((len)+NLMSG_ALIGNTO-1) & ~(NLMSG_ALIGNTO-1) )
 #define NLMSG_HDRLEN	 ((int) NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct nlmsghdr)))
 #define NLMSG_LENGTH(len) ((len)+NLMSG_ALIGN(NLMSG_HDRLEN))