diff --git a/net/strparser/strparser.c b/net/strparser/strparser.c
index cd9954c4ad80..8f0c91561518 100644
--- a/net/strparser/strparser.c
+++ b/net/strparser/strparser.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ static int __strp_recv(read_descriptor_t *desc, struct sk_buff *orig_skb,
 				strp_parser_err(strp, -EMSGSIZE, desc);
 				break;
 			} else if (len <= (ssize_t)head->len -
-					  skb->len - stm->strp.offset) {
+					  (ssize_t)skb->len - stm->strp.offset) {
 				/* Length must be into new skb (and also
 				 * greater than zero)
 				 */