diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
index 49a3900e3d32..34d671974a4d 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
@@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ nfnetlink_check_attributes(struct nfnetlink_subsystem *subsys,
 
 int nfnetlink_send(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, unsigned group, int echo)
 {
-	int allocation = in_interrupt() ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_KERNEL;
+	unsigned int __nocast allocation =
+			in_interrupt() ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_KERNEL;
 	int err = 0;
 
 	NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = group;