diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 0f1700658d33..b1f23b995915 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ea1f51beff4ddd0234c59a125290aeb355cf62b2
+refs/heads/master: b536db9332cf90c4f44ca809f028645205fa89ad
diff --git a/trunk/net/core/dev.c b/trunk/net/core/dev.c
index 278463e91e3a..e0c3deec59b0 100644
--- a/trunk/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/trunk/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4459,7 +4459,7 @@ static void dev_change_rx_flags(struct net_device *dev, int flags)
 
 static int __dev_set_promiscuity(struct net_device *dev, int inc)
 {
-	unsigned short old_flags = dev->flags;
+	unsigned int old_flags = dev->flags;
 	uid_t uid;
 	gid_t gid;
 
@@ -4516,7 +4516,7 @@ static int __dev_set_promiscuity(struct net_device *dev, int inc)
  */
 int dev_set_promiscuity(struct net_device *dev, int inc)
 {
-	unsigned short old_flags = dev->flags;
+	unsigned int old_flags = dev->flags;
 	int err;
 
 	err = __dev_set_promiscuity(dev, inc);
@@ -4543,7 +4543,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_set_promiscuity);
 
 int dev_set_allmulti(struct net_device *dev, int inc)
 {
-	unsigned short old_flags = dev->flags;
+	unsigned int old_flags = dev->flags;
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 
@@ -4646,7 +4646,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_flags);
 
 int __dev_change_flags(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	int old_flags = dev->flags;
+	unsigned int old_flags = dev->flags;
 	int ret;
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
@@ -4729,10 +4729,10 @@ void __dev_notify_flags(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int old_flags)
  *	Change settings on device based state flags. The flags are
  *	in the userspace exported format.
  */
-int dev_change_flags(struct net_device *dev, unsigned flags)
+int dev_change_flags(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	int ret, changes;
-	int old_flags = dev->flags;
+	int ret;
+	unsigned int changes, old_flags = dev->flags;
 
 	ret = __dev_change_flags(dev, flags);
 	if (ret < 0)