diff --git a/bgpd/bgp_vty.c b/bgpd/bgp_vty.c
index cbe0b44..bba1c7d 100644
--- a/bgpd/bgp_vty.c
+++ b/bgpd/bgp_vty.c
@@ -8966,7 +8966,7 @@
 	  vty_out (vty, " redistribute %s", zebra_route_string(i));
 
 	  if (bgp->redist_metric_flag[afi][i])
-	    vty_out (vty, " metric %d", bgp->redist_metric[afi][i]);
+	    vty_out (vty, " metric %u", bgp->redist_metric[afi][i]);
 
 	  if (bgp->rmap[afi][i].name)
 	    vty_out (vty, " route-map %s", bgp->rmap[afi][i].name);