diff --git a/include/net/addrconf.h b/include/net/addrconf.h
index 86505bf..e70278e 100644
--- a/include/net/addrconf.h
+++ b/include/net/addrconf.h
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@
 		       const struct in6_addr *daddr, unsigned int srcprefs,
 		       struct in6_addr *saddr);
 int __ipv6_get_lladdr(struct inet6_dev *idev, struct in6_addr *addr,
-		      unsigned char banned_flags);
+		      u32 banned_flags);
 int ipv6_get_lladdr(struct net_device *dev, struct in6_addr *addr,
-		    unsigned char banned_flags);
+		    u32 banned_flags);
 int ipv6_rcv_saddr_equal(const struct sock *sk, const struct sock *sk2);
 void addrconf_join_solict(struct net_device *dev, const struct in6_addr *addr);
 void addrconf_leave_solict(struct inet6_dev *idev, const struct in6_addr *addr);
diff --git a/include/net/if_inet6.h b/include/net/if_inet6.h
index 76d5427..b58c36c 100644
--- a/include/net/if_inet6.h
+++ b/include/net/if_inet6.h
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@
 
 	int			state;
 
+	__u32			flags;
 	__u8			dad_probes;
-	__u8			flags;
 
 	__u16			scope;
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_addr.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_addr.h
index 23357ab..8ab0c2c 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/if_addr.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_addr.h
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
  * It makes no difference for normally configured broadcast interfaces,
  * but for point-to-point IFA_ADDRESS is DESTINATION address,
  * local address is supplied in IFA_LOCAL attribute.
+ *
+ * IFA_FLAGS is a u32 attribute that extends the u8 field ifa_flags.
+ * If present, the value from struct ifaddrmsg will be ignored.
  */
 enum {
 	IFA_UNSPEC,
@@ -28,6 +31,7 @@
 	IFA_ANYCAST,
 	IFA_CACHEINFO,
 	IFA_MULTICAST,
+	IFA_FLAGS,
 	__IFA_MAX,
 };