diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 290e0f099e6b..ecfbd72d5d1a 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -9982,7 +9982,7 @@ int netif_change_tx_queue_len(struct net_device *dev, unsigned long new_len)
 	unsigned int orig_len = dev->tx_queue_len;
 	int res;
 
-	if (new_len != (unsigned int)new_len)
+	if (new_len > S16_MAX)
 		return -ERANGE;
 
 	if (new_len != orig_len) {