diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index fb766d906148e7d1e85a654eaf6048c1cdf49364..37d6a3c59e69cf799c2782642ce1101ef3968c29 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -7989,7 +7989,7 @@ struct net_device *alloc_netdev_mqs(int sizeof_priv, const char *name,
 		unsigned int txqs, unsigned int rxqs)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev;
-	size_t alloc_size;
+	unsigned int alloc_size;
 	struct net_device *p;
 
 	BUG_ON(strlen(name) >= sizeof(dev->name));