diff --git a/net/sctp/protocol.c b/net/sctp/protocol.c
index 1ef29c7..e58f947 100644
--- a/net/sctp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/sctp/protocol.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 struct kmem_cache *sctp_chunk_cachep __read_mostly;
 struct kmem_cache *sctp_bucket_cachep __read_mostly;
 
-int sysctl_sctp_mem[3];
+long sysctl_sctp_mem[3];
 int sysctl_sctp_rmem[3];
 int sysctl_sctp_wmem[3];