diff --git a/src/basic/parse-util.c b/src/basic/parse-util.c
index 35d13eb38f..5ace2b9b11 100644
--- a/src/basic/parse-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/parse-util.c
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ int parse_ip_port_range(const char *s, uint16_t *low, uint16_t *high, bool allow
         return 0;
 }
 
-int parse_ip_prefix_length(const char *s, int *ret) {
+int parse_ip_prefix_length(const char *s, int32_t *ret) {
         unsigned l;
         int r;
 
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ int parse_ip_prefix_length(const char *s, int *ret) {
         if (l > 128)
                 return -ERANGE;
 
-        *ret = (int) l;
+        *ret = (int32_t) l;
 
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/basic/parse-util.h b/src/basic/parse-util.h
index c12988ef20..e4ae48366c 100644
--- a/src/basic/parse-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/parse-util.h
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ int parse_nice(const char *p, int *ret);
 int parse_ip_port(const char *s, uint16_t *ret);
 int parse_ip_port_range(const char *s, uint16_t *low, uint16_t *high, bool allow_zero);
 
-int parse_ip_prefix_length(const char *s, int *ret);
+int parse_ip_prefix_length(const char *s, int32_t *ret);
 
 int parse_oom_score_adjust(const char *s, int *ret);
 
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-routing-policy-rule.h b/src/network/networkd-routing-policy-rule.h
index 23aa041180..fbde298f05 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-routing-policy-rule.h
+++ b/src/network/networkd-routing-policy-rule.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ typedef struct RoutingPolicyRule {
         /* FRA_FLOW */
         /* FRA_TUN_ID */
         int32_t suppress_ifgroup; /* FRA_SUPPRESS_IFGROUP */
-        int suppress_prefixlen; /* FRA_SUPPRESS_PREFIXLEN */
+        int32_t suppress_prefixlen; /* FRA_SUPPRESS_PREFIXLEN */
         uint32_t table; /* FRA_TABLE, also used in struct fib_rule_hdr */
         uint32_t fwmask; /* FRA_FWMASK */
         char *oif; /* FRA_OIFNAME */