diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh_plink.c b/net/mac80211/mesh_plink.c
index 4eefd5df5b05cb2fbd808653b076d30ee79b708c..8465c055a3711c6aa739c560c238de9acc0af2c2 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh_plink.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh_plink.c
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ static void mesh_plink_timer(unsigned long data)
 				    sta->llid, sta->plid, reason);
 }
 
-static inline void mesh_plink_timer_set(struct sta_info *sta, int timeout)
+static inline void mesh_plink_timer_set(struct sta_info *sta, u32 timeout)
 {
 	sta->plink_timer.expires = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(timeout);
 	sta->plink_timer.data = (unsigned long) sta;