diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index f64f8276a73c..461a9ab540af 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ restart:
 		goto do_error;
 
 	while (msg_data_left(msg)) {
-		ssize_t copy = 0;
+		int copy = 0;
 
 		skb = tcp_write_queue_tail(sk);
 		if (skb)