diff --git a/monitor/main.c b/monitor/main.c
index 9117fba3..f0b16bbf 100644
--- a/monitor/main.c
+++ b/monitor/main.c
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ static int analyze_pcap(const char *pathname)
 
 	while (pcap_read(pcap, &tv, buf, snaplen, &len, &real_len)) {
 		struct nlmsghdr *nlmsg;
-		uint32_t aligned_len;
+		int64_t aligned_len;
 		uint16_t arphrd_type;
 		uint16_t proto_type;
 
diff --git a/monitor/nlmon.c b/monitor/nlmon.c
index 2222db09..69e86ce3 100644
--- a/monitor/nlmon.c
+++ b/monitor/nlmon.c
@@ -8080,7 +8080,7 @@ static void print_rtnl_msg(const struct timeval *tv,
 void nlmon_print_rtnl(struct nlmon *nlmon, const struct timeval *tv,
 					const void *data, uint32_t size)
 {
-	uint32_t aligned_size = NLMSG_ALIGN(size);
+	int64_t aligned_size = NLMSG_ALIGN(size);
 	const struct nlmsghdr *nlmsg;
 
 	update_time_offset(tv);
@@ -8112,7 +8112,7 @@ void nlmon_print_rtnl(struct nlmon *nlmon, const struct timeval *tv,
 }
 
 void nlmon_print_genl(struct nlmon *nlmon, const struct timeval *tv,
-					const void *data, uint32_t size)
+					const void *data, int64_t size)
 {
 	const struct nlmsghdr *nlmsg;
 
@@ -8144,7 +8144,7 @@ static bool nlmon_receive(struct l_io *io, void *user_data)
 	unsigned char buf[8192];
 	unsigned char control[32];
 	ssize_t bytes_read;
-	uint32_t nlmsg_len;
+	int64_t nlmsg_len;
 	int fd;
 
 	fd = l_io_get_fd(io);
diff --git a/monitor/nlmon.h b/monitor/nlmon.h
index f2f2892a..ab038fdf 100644
--- a/monitor/nlmon.h
+++ b/monitor/nlmon.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ void nlmon_destroy(struct nlmon *nlmon);
 void nlmon_print_rtnl(struct nlmon *nlmon, const struct timeval *tv,
 					const void *data, uint32_t size);
 void nlmon_print_genl(struct nlmon *nlmon, const struct timeval *tv,
-					const void *data, uint32_t size);
+					const void *data, int64_t size);
 void nlmon_print_pae(struct nlmon *nlmon, const struct timeval *tv,
 					uint8_t type, int index,
 					const void *data, uint32_t size);