diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
index 154b40f2f2a8..b4b474556339 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
@@ -104,11 +104,11 @@ htable_size(u8 hbits)
 {
 	size_t hsize;
 
-	/* We must fit both into u32 in jhash and size_t */
+	/* We must fit both into u32 in jhash and INT_MAX in kvmalloc_node() */
 	if (hbits > 31)
 		return 0;
 	hsize = jhash_size(hbits);
-	if ((((size_t)-1) - sizeof(struct htable)) / sizeof(struct hbucket *)
+	if ((INT_MAX - sizeof(struct htable)) / sizeof(struct hbucket *)
 	    < hsize)
 		return 0;