diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 678c3f2..291df2e 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@
 	int failure;
 	int congested;
 	int delivered;
-	unsigned int allocation;
+	gfp_t allocation;
 	struct sk_buff *skb, *skb2;
 };