diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index fc9bdd8..9aea88b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 static int tcp_v4_do_calc_md5_hash(char *md5_hash, struct tcp_md5sig_key *key,
 				   __be32 saddr, __be32 daddr,
 				   struct tcphdr *th, int protocol,
-				   int tcplen);
+				   unsigned int tcplen);
 #endif
 
 struct inet_hashinfo __cacheline_aligned tcp_hashinfo = {
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@
 static int tcp_v4_do_calc_md5_hash(char *md5_hash, struct tcp_md5sig_key *key,
 				   __be32 saddr, __be32 daddr,
 				   struct tcphdr *th, int protocol,
-				   int tcplen)
+				   unsigned int tcplen)
 {
 	struct scatterlist sg[4];
 	__u16 data_len;
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@
 			 struct dst_entry *dst,
 			 struct request_sock *req,
 			 struct tcphdr *th, int protocol,
-			 int tcplen)
+			 unsigned int tcplen)
 {
 	__be32 saddr, daddr;