diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index a4c3cb72bdc6..c523236d934e 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@ retry:
 	 * idev->desync_factor if it's larger
 	 */
 	cnf_temp_preferred_lft = READ_ONCE(idev->cnf.temp_prefered_lft);
-	max_desync_factor = min_t(__u32,
+	max_desync_factor = min_t(long,
 				  idev->cnf.max_desync_factor,
 				  cnf_temp_preferred_lft - regen_advance);