diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index c2419903f0e4ef44777210b1568e6096dc40dd4c..fc4afcb506325ceafaa209e82ed0d18aa30d9740 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ int tcp_sendmsg_locked(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size)
 		goto do_error;
 
 	while (msg_data_left(msg)) {
-		ssize_t copy = 0;
+		int copy = 0;
 
 		skb = tcp_write_queue_tail(sk);
 		if (skb)