diff --git a/net/utils/net_dsec2tick.c b/net/utils/net_dsec2tick.c
index 258f6cbfa1..7e97965b91 100644
--- a/net/utils/net_dsec2tick.c
+++ b/net/utils/net_dsec2tick.c
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 #include <nuttx/config.h>
 #include <nuttx/clock.h>
 
+#include "utils/utils.h"
+
 /****************************************************************************
  * Public Functions
  ****************************************************************************/
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@
  *
  ****************************************************************************/
 
-int net_dsec2tick(int dsec)
+unsigned int net_dsec2tick(int dsec)
 {
   /* Convert the deci-second comparison value to clock ticks.  The CLK_TCK
    * value is the number of clock ticks per second; decisecs argument is the
diff --git a/net/utils/net_dsec2timeval.c b/net/utils/net_dsec2timeval.c
index 990f1f3a5b..41c48f6e86 100644
--- a/net/utils/net_dsec2timeval.c
+++ b/net/utils/net_dsec2timeval.c
@@ -39,10 +39,7 @@
 
 #include <nuttx/config.h>
 
-#include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <errno.h>
 
 #include <nuttx/clock.h>