diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c
index 3271a4e005007c4cf03bbd9ff3c4b5f7bbfb669b..8bb4ed85c26204b857e3420401468e994f502457 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ find_or_evict(struct net *net, struct nf_conncount_list *list,
 	const struct nf_conntrack_tuple_hash *found;
 	unsigned long a, b;
 	int cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
-	__s32 age;
+	u32 age;
 
 	found = nf_conntrack_find_get(net, &conn->zone, &conn->tuple);
 	if (found)