diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c b/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
index a84cf3d66056..47beb3abcc9d 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ static int nft_exthdr_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 			   const struct nlattr * const tb[])
 {
 	struct nft_exthdr *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
-	u32 offset, len, err;
+	u32 offset, len;
+	int err;
 
 	if (tb[NFTA_EXTHDR_DREG] == NULL ||
 	    tb[NFTA_EXTHDR_TYPE] == NULL ||