diff --git a/include/net/netns/ipv4.h b/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
index 7b572d468fde5ae104ecdf4bd5b8118290deb81d..d2c0a6592ff6c0a3e954c157d109bf22d7bb701b 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ struct netns_ipv4 {
 	u8 sysctl_ip_default_ttl;
 	u8 sysctl_ip_no_pmtu_disc;
 	u8 sysctl_ip_fwd_use_pmtu;
-	int sysctl_ip_fwd_update_priority;
+	u8 sysctl_ip_fwd_update_priority;
 	u8 sysctl_ip_nonlocal_bind;
 	u8 sysctl_ip_autobind_reuse;
 	/* Shall we try to damage output packets if routing dev changes? */
diff --git a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
index e5ff17526603c274d50350bc1ebb21e20c598c9a..713e0c0c91e918274cb7cdf7212a6a3e5b8e140c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static int ipv4_fwd_update_priority(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 
 	net = container_of(table->data, struct net,
 			   ipv4.sysctl_ip_fwd_update_priority);
-	ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+	ret = proc_dou8vec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 	if (write && ret == 0)
 		call_netevent_notifiers(NETEVENT_IPV4_FWD_UPDATE_PRIORITY_UPDATE,
 					net);
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ static struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = {
 	{
 		.procname	= "ip_forward_update_priority",
 		.data		= &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_ip_fwd_update_priority,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(u8),
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler   = ipv4_fwd_update_priority,
 		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,