diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_ipportnet.c b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_ipportnet.c
index f15f3e28b9c3..9a80d8bc9f18 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_ipportnet.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_ipportnet.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ hash_ipportnet4_uadt(struct ip_set *set, struct nlattr *tb[],
 		if (ip > ip_to)
 			swap(ip, ip_to);
 	} else if (tb[IPSET_ATTR_CIDR]) {
-		u8 cidr = nla_get_u8(tb[IPSET_ATTR_CIDR]);
+		cidr = nla_get_u8(tb[IPSET_ATTR_CIDR]);
 
 		if (!cidr || cidr > 32)
 			return -IPSET_ERR_INVALID_CIDR;