diff --git a/include/net/gen_stats.h b/include/net/gen_stats.h
index 5f3889e7ec1b..1424e02cef90 100644
--- a/include/net/gen_stats.h
+++ b/include/net/gen_stats.h
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 /* Note: this used to be in include/uapi/linux/gen_stats.h */
 struct gnet_stats_basic_packed {
 	__u64	bytes;
-	__u32	packets;
-} __attribute__ ((packed));
+	__u64	packets;
+};
 
 struct gnet_stats_basic_cpu {
 	struct gnet_stats_basic_packed bstats;
diff --git a/net/core/gen_stats.c b/net/core/gen_stats.c
index 36888f5e09eb..fe33e2a9841e 100644
--- a/net/core/gen_stats.c
+++ b/net/core/gen_stats.c
@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ __gnet_stats_copy_basic_cpu(struct gnet_stats_basic_packed *bstats,
 	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
 		struct gnet_stats_basic_cpu *bcpu = per_cpu_ptr(cpu, i);
 		unsigned int start;
-		u64 bytes;
-		u32 packets;
+		u64 bytes, packets;
 
 		do {
 			start = u64_stats_fetch_begin_irq(&bcpu->syncp);
diff --git a/net/sched/act_simple.c b/net/sched/act_simple.c
index 97639b259cd7..9813ca4006dd 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_simple.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_simple.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static int tcf_simp_act(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tc_action *a,
 	 * Example if this was the 3rd packet and the string was "hello"
 	 * then it would look like "hello_3" (without quotes)
 	 */
-	pr_info("simple: %s_%d\n",
+	pr_info("simple: %s_%llu\n",
 	       (char *)d->tcfd_defdata, d->tcf_bstats.packets);
 	spin_unlock(&d->tcf_lock);
 	return d->tcf_action;