diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgso_bench_rx.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgso_bench_rx.c
index 4058c7451e70..f35a924d4a30 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgso_bench_rx.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgso_bench_rx.c
@@ -214,11 +214,10 @@ static void do_verify_udp(const char *data, int len)
 
 static int recv_msg(int fd, char *buf, int len, int *gso_size)
 {
-	char control[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(uint16_t))] = {0};
+	char control[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(int))] = {0};
 	struct msghdr msg = {0};
 	struct iovec iov = {0};
 	struct cmsghdr *cmsg;
-	uint16_t *gsosizeptr;
 	int ret;
 
 	iov.iov_base = buf;
@@ -237,8 +236,7 @@ static int recv_msg(int fd, char *buf, int len, int *gso_size)
 		     cmsg = CMSG_NXTHDR(&msg, cmsg)) {
 			if (cmsg->cmsg_level == SOL_UDP
 			    && cmsg->cmsg_type == UDP_GRO) {
-				gsosizeptr = (uint16_t *) CMSG_DATA(cmsg);
-				*gso_size = *gsosizeptr;
+				*gso_size = *(int *)CMSG_DATA(cmsg);
 				break;
 			}
 		}