diff --git a/include/net/inet_connection_sock.h b/include/net/inet_connection_sock.h
index edc68e858d512c077f3ca834444ac7dc078aa264..ccc81a1c550cb0cbf7e652cbaf6bb98e72b19121 100644
--- a/include/net/inet_connection_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/inet_connection_sock.h
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ static inline void inet_csk_reqsk_queue_add(struct sock *sk,
 
 extern void inet_csk_reqsk_queue_hash_add(struct sock *sk,
 					  struct request_sock *req,
-					  const unsigned timeout);
+					  unsigned long timeout);
 
 static inline void inet_csk_reqsk_queue_removed(struct sock *sk,
 						struct request_sock *req)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
index f05b6e761102558ebbe245935a4548ef58a55d93..e2bf508ed77069b85108b9c2f0df136a00daab83 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ struct request_sock *inet_csk_search_req(const struct sock *sk,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inet_csk_search_req);
 
 void inet_csk_reqsk_queue_hash_add(struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req,
-				   const unsigned timeout)
+				   unsigned long timeout)
 {
 	struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
 	struct listen_sock *lopt = icsk->icsk_accept_queue.listen_opt;