diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/handshake.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/handshake.yaml
index ffec12b46759..9ab46da04c49 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/handshake.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/handshake.yaml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ attribute-sets:
         enum: auth
       -
         name: peer-identity
-        type: u32
+        type: s32
         multi-attr: true
       -
         name: certificate
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ attribute-sets:
         type: string
       -
         name: keyring
-        type: u32
+        type: s32
   -
     name: done
     attributes:
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ attribute-sets:
         type: s32
       -
         name: remote-auth
-        type: u32
+        type: s32
         multi-attr: true
 
 operations:
diff --git a/net/handshake/genl.c b/net/handshake/genl.c
index feac1ad063ee..58606c2a4600 100644
--- a/net/handshake/genl.c
+++ b/net/handshake/genl.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy handshake_accept_nl_policy[HANDSHAKE_A_ACCEPT_HAN
 static const struct nla_policy handshake_done_nl_policy[HANDSHAKE_A_DONE_REMOTE_AUTH + 1] = {
 	[HANDSHAKE_A_DONE_STATUS] = NLA_POLICY_MAX(NLA_U32, MAX_ERRNO),
 	[HANDSHAKE_A_DONE_SOCKFD] = { .type = NLA_S32, },
-	[HANDSHAKE_A_DONE_REMOTE_AUTH] = { .type = NLA_U32, },
+	[HANDSHAKE_A_DONE_REMOTE_AUTH] = { .type = NLA_S32, },
 };
 
 /* Ops table for handshake */