diff --git a/include/linux/avf/virtchnl.h b/include/linux/avf/virtchnl.h
index 212b3822d1804..b41f7bc958ef8 100644
--- a/include/linux/avf/virtchnl.h
+++ b/include/linux/avf/virtchnl.h
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ struct virtchnl_filter {
 	enum	virtchnl_flow_type flow_type;
 	enum	virtchnl_action action;
 	u32	action_meta;
-	__u8	field_flags;
+	u8	field_flags;
 };
 
 VIRTCHNL_CHECK_STRUCT_LEN(272, virtchnl_filter);