diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e7adfe3a22a7..03f5c424e77d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3a137d2065571864be0301b9ebd72ddb01060997
+refs/heads/master: ee41e2dff1a0ac548f12871f4bb23fe9e69e13eb
diff --git a/trunk/include/net/protocol.h b/trunk/include/net/protocol.h
index 28c4cac3f8a2..105bf12b0c79 100644
--- a/trunk/include/net/protocol.h
+++ b/trunk/include/net/protocol.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ struct inet_protosw {
 
         /* These two fields form the lookup key.  */
 	unsigned short	 type;	   /* This is the 2nd argument to socket(2). */
-	int		 protocol; /* This is the L4 protocol number.  */
+	unsigned short	 protocol; /* This is the L4 protocol number.  */
 
 	struct proto	 *prot;
 	const struct proto_ops *ops;