diff --git a/Documentation/networking/operstates.txt b/Documentation/networking/operstates.txt
index c9074f9..1a77a3c 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/operstates.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/operstates.txt
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@
 ifinfomsg::if_flags & IFF_DORMANT:
  Driver has signaled netif_dormant_on()
 
-These interface flags can also be queried without netlink using the
-SIOCGIFFLAGS ioctl.
-
 TLV IFLA_OPERSTATE
 
 contains RFC2863 state of the interface in numeric representation:
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 11560e3..a09bf65 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4209,7 +4209,7 @@
 
 	switch (cmd) {
 		case SIOCGIFFLAGS:	/* Get interface flags */
-			ifr->ifr_flags = dev_get_flags(dev);
+			ifr->ifr_flags = (short) dev_get_flags(dev);
 			return 0;
 
 		case SIOCGIFMETRIC:	/* Get the metric on the interface