diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 94824ff02db3..1d1a70498910 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -2570,7 +2570,7 @@ static int bc_send_request(struct rpc_task *task)
 {
 	struct rpc_rqst *req = task->tk_rqstp;
 	struct svc_xprt	*xprt;
-	u32                     len;
+	int len;
 
 	dprintk("sending request with xid: %08x\n", ntohl(req->rq_xid));
 	/*