diff --git a/net/sched/cls_flow.c b/net/sched/cls_flow.c
index 014cd3de7b5dd5ee8e33bce50625ffb72879230d..7657d86ad1427de04549e9d2ca6e4ae1960586b0 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_flow.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_flow.c
@@ -354,7 +354,8 @@ static const struct nla_policy flow_policy[TCA_FLOW_MAX + 1] = {
 	[TCA_FLOW_KEYS]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[TCA_FLOW_MODE]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[TCA_FLOW_BASECLASS]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
-	[TCA_FLOW_RSHIFT]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	[TCA_FLOW_RSHIFT]	= NLA_POLICY_MAX(NLA_U32,
+						 31 /* BITS_PER_U32 - 1 */),
 	[TCA_FLOW_ADDEND]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[TCA_FLOW_MASK]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[TCA_FLOW_XOR]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },