diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 9fb8820b75c5..25d217d90807 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -4770,9 +4770,9 @@ do {									    \
 	FILL_IN_MESH_PARAM_IF_SET(tb, cfg, dot11MeshForwarding, 0, 1,
 				  mask, NL80211_MESHCONF_FORWARDING,
 				  nla_get_u8);
-	FILL_IN_MESH_PARAM_IF_SET(tb, cfg, rssi_threshold, 1, 255,
+	FILL_IN_MESH_PARAM_IF_SET(tb, cfg, rssi_threshold, -255, 0,
 				  mask, NL80211_MESHCONF_RSSI_THRESHOLD,
-				  nla_get_u32);
+				  nla_get_s32);
 	FILL_IN_MESH_PARAM_IF_SET(tb, cfg, ht_opmode, 0, 16,
 				  mask, NL80211_MESHCONF_HT_OPMODE,
 				  nla_get_u16);