diff --git a/net/sched/cls_flow.c b/net/sched/cls_flow.c
index 6ab317b48d6c397855fb8d9ebb6328b7f1933f78..815216b564f3236a428738e9114a093a5b06e29f 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_flow.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_flow.c
@@ -356,7 +356,8 @@ 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 },