diff --git a/net/sched/act_gate.c b/net/sched/act_gate.c
index fdbfcaa3e2ab..5752240f2ffb 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_gate.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_gate.c
@@ -166,13 +166,19 @@ static const struct nla_policy entry_policy[TCA_GATE_ENTRY_MAX + 1] = {
 	[TCA_GATE_ENTRY_MAX_OCTETS]	= { .type = NLA_S32 },
 };
 
+static const struct netlink_range_validation_signed act_gate_cycle_time_range = {
+	.min = 0,
+	.max = S64_MAX,
+};
+
 static const struct nla_policy gate_policy[TCA_GATE_MAX + 1] = {
 	[TCA_GATE_PARMS]		=
 		NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN(sizeof(struct tc_gate)),
 	[TCA_GATE_PRIORITY]		= { .type = NLA_S32 },
 	[TCA_GATE_ENTRY_LIST]		= { .type = NLA_NESTED },
 	[TCA_GATE_BASE_TIME]		= { .type = NLA_U64 },
-	[TCA_GATE_CYCLE_TIME]		= { .type = NLA_U64 },
+	[TCA_GATE_CYCLE_TIME]		=
+		NLA_POLICY_FULL_RANGE_SIGNED(NLA_S64, &act_gate_cycle_time_range),
 	[TCA_GATE_CYCLE_TIME_EXT]	= { .type = NLA_U64 },
 	[TCA_GATE_FLAGS]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[TCA_GATE_CLOCKID]		= { .type = NLA_S32 },
@@ -501,6 +507,7 @@ static int tcf_gate_init(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
 			cycle = ktime_add_ns(cycle, entry->interval);
 		cycletime = cycle;
 	}
+
 	p->tcfg_cycletime = cycletime;
 	p->tcfg_cycletime_ext = cycletime_ext;