diff --git a/include/net/xfrm.h b/include/net/xfrm.h
index a9d0d8c5dfbf..7564b2ce449f 100644
--- a/include/net/xfrm.h
+++ b/include/net/xfrm.h
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ static inline int xfrm_dst_lookup(struct xfrm_dst **dst, struct flowi *fl, unsig
 } 
 #endif
 
-struct xfrm_policy *xfrm_policy_alloc(int gfp);
+struct xfrm_policy *xfrm_policy_alloc(unsigned int __nocast gfp);
 extern int xfrm_policy_walk(int (*func)(struct xfrm_policy *, int, int, void*), void *);
 int xfrm_policy_insert(int dir, struct xfrm_policy *policy, int excl);
 struct xfrm_policy *xfrm_policy_bysel(int dir, struct xfrm_selector *sel,
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
index fda737d77edc..c6a0d34fc295 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ expired:
  * SPD calls.
  */
 
-struct xfrm_policy *xfrm_policy_alloc(int gfp)
+struct xfrm_policy *xfrm_policy_alloc(unsigned int __nocast gfp)
 {
 	struct xfrm_policy *policy;