diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index ff22060f9145..a4bbe959d1e2 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ restart:
 		goto do_error;
 
 	while (msg_data_left(msg)) {
-		ssize_t copy = 0;
+		int copy = 0;
 
 		skb = tcp_write_queue_tail(sk);
 		if (skb)