diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 5e3ca414357e..00a074dbfe9b 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ int sock_setsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 		val = min_t(u32, val, sysctl_wmem_max);
 set_sndbuf:
 		sk->sk_userlocks |= SOCK_SNDBUF_LOCK;
-		sk->sk_sndbuf = max_t(u32, val * 2, SOCK_MIN_SNDBUF);
+		sk->sk_sndbuf = max_t(int, val * 2, SOCK_MIN_SNDBUF);
 		/* Wake up sending tasks if we upped the value. */
 		sk->sk_write_space(sk);
 		break;
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ set_rcvbuf:
 		 * returning the value we actually used in getsockopt
 		 * is the most desirable behavior.
 		 */
-		sk->sk_rcvbuf = max_t(u32, val * 2, SOCK_MIN_RCVBUF);
+		sk->sk_rcvbuf = max_t(int, val * 2, SOCK_MIN_RCVBUF);
 		break;
 
 	case SO_RCVBUFFORCE: