diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 9391e4a4c3447d53b73dba487255cab67ef24b6e..ce256438e6197e5557ef53edd9997594763e82d5 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -1639,7 +1639,7 @@ static inline int skb_csum_unnecessary(const struct sk_buff *skb)
  *	if skb->ip_summed is CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY which indicates that the
  *	hardware has already verified the correctness of the checksum.
  */
-static inline unsigned int skb_checksum_complete(struct sk_buff *skb)
+static inline __sum16 skb_checksum_complete(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	return skb_csum_unnecessary(skb) ?
 	       0 : __skb_checksum_complete(skb);