diff --git a/target/linux/generic/patches-2.6.33/240-packet_socket_type.patch b/target/linux/generic/patches-2.6.33/240-packet_socket_type.patch
index 0cf56c02b6924b112e43debd9ca85834751c2a1b..f6f48c9deb16ec5d9f50f34c22c66e5d93996323 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/patches-2.6.33/240-packet_socket_type.patch
+++ b/target/linux/generic/patches-2.6.33/240-packet_socket_type.patch
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
  	unsigned int		tp_loss:1;
  #endif
  	struct packet_type	prot_hook ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
-+	__u8			pkt_type:3;
++	unsigned int		pkt_type;
  };
  
  struct packet_skb_cb {
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/patches-2.6.34/240-packet_socket_type.patch b/target/linux/generic/patches-2.6.34/240-packet_socket_type.patch
index 4d4c01155fc3d17bc34898a52b32bfbdebf8d41a..30743a0c0514be650d928bef9c00aff88407ba31 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/patches-2.6.34/240-packet_socket_type.patch
+++ b/target/linux/generic/patches-2.6.34/240-packet_socket_type.patch
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
  	unsigned int		tp_reserve;
  	unsigned int		tp_loss:1;
  	struct packet_type	prot_hook ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
-+	__u8			pkt_type:3;
++	unsigned int		pkt_type;
  };
  
  struct packet_skb_cb {
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/patches-2.6.35/240-packet_socket_type.patch b/target/linux/generic/patches-2.6.35/240-packet_socket_type.patch
index afaf9204fe44342fe19bb4880c3e5fd73cba23ed..1bb0f85d88d8d79c6b86f6151cc7340587e02e0a 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/patches-2.6.35/240-packet_socket_type.patch
+++ b/target/linux/generic/patches-2.6.35/240-packet_socket_type.patch
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
  	unsigned int		tp_reserve;
  	unsigned int		tp_loss:1;
  	struct packet_type	prot_hook ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
-+	__u8			pkt_type:3;
++	unsigned int		pkt_type;
  };
  
  struct packet_skb_cb {