diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
index 8d791a954cd6..322db13333c7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ static u32 tcp_clamp_rto_to_user_timeout(const struct sock *sk)
 u32 tcp_clamp_probe0_to_user_timeout(const struct sock *sk, u32 when)
 {
 	const struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
-	u32 remaining, user_timeout;
+	u32 user_timeout;
+	s32 remaining;
 	s32 elapsed;
 
 	user_timeout = READ_ONCE(icsk->icsk_user_timeout);
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ u32 tcp_clamp_probe0_to_user_timeout(const struct sock *sk, u32 when)
 	if (unlikely(elapsed < 0))
 		elapsed = 0;
 	remaining = msecs_to_jiffies(user_timeout) - elapsed;
-	remaining = max_t(u32, remaining, TCP_TIMEOUT_MIN);
+	remaining = max_t(int, remaining, TCP_TIMEOUT_MIN);
 
 	return min_t(u32, remaining, when);
 }