diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c
index 70402e0ed00a2474cee2bb8b6161522cecd93641..d058ac41bfd3ab2619161ef8dac47c3563333a55 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ ctnetlink_parse_tuple_ip(struct nfattr *attr, struct ip_conntrack_tuple *tuple)
 }
 
 static const size_t cta_min_proto[CTA_PROTO_MAX] = {
-	[CTA_PROTO_NUM-1]	= sizeof(u_int16_t),
+	[CTA_PROTO_NUM-1]	= sizeof(u_int8_t),
 	[CTA_PROTO_SRC_PORT-1]	= sizeof(u_int16_t),
 	[CTA_PROTO_DST_PORT-1]	= sizeof(u_int16_t),
 	[CTA_PROTO_ICMP_TYPE-1]	= sizeof(u_int8_t),
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ ctnetlink_parse_tuple_proto(struct nfattr *attr,
 
 	if (!tb[CTA_PROTO_NUM-1])
 		return -EINVAL;
-	tuple->dst.protonum = *(u_int16_t *)NFA_DATA(tb[CTA_PROTO_NUM-1]);
+	tuple->dst.protonum = *(u_int8_t *)NFA_DATA(tb[CTA_PROTO_NUM-1]);
 
 	proto = ip_conntrack_proto_find_get(tuple->dst.protonum);