diff --git a/net/sched/sch_netem.c b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
index 42e557d48e4e..f4101a920d1f 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_netem.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ static s64 tabledist(s64 mu, s32 sigma,
 
 	/* default uniform distribution */
 	if (dist == NULL)
-		return ((rnd % (2 * sigma)) + mu) - sigma;
+		return ((rnd % (2 * (u32)sigma)) + mu) - sigma;
 
 	t = dist->table[rnd % dist->size];
 	x = (sigma % NETEM_DIST_SCALE) * t;
@@ -812,6 +812,10 @@ static void get_slot(struct netem_sched_data *q, const struct nlattr *attr)
 		q->slot_config.max_packets = INT_MAX;
 	if (q->slot_config.max_bytes == 0)
 		q->slot_config.max_bytes = INT_MAX;
+
+	/* capping dist_jitter to the range acceptable by tabledist() */
+	q->slot_config.dist_jitter = min_t(__s64, INT_MAX, abs(q->slot_config.dist_jitter));
+
 	q->slot.packets_left = q->slot_config.max_packets;
 	q->slot.bytes_left = q->slot_config.max_bytes;
 	if (q->slot_config.min_delay | q->slot_config.max_delay |
@@ -1037,6 +1041,9 @@ static int netem_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt,
 	if (tb[TCA_NETEM_SLOT])
 		get_slot(q, tb[TCA_NETEM_SLOT]);
 
+	/* capping jitter to the range acceptable by tabledist() */
+	q->jitter = min_t(s64, abs(q->jitter), INT_MAX);
+
 	return ret;
 
 get_table_failure: