diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/security/tor.nix b/nixos/modules/services/security/tor.nix
index 92410e28a1ed..f1e27cbaa256 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/security/tor.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/security/tor.nix
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ in
                     };
                     options.HiddenServiceMaxStreams = lib.mkOption {
                       description = (descriptionGeneric "HiddenServiceMaxStreams");
-                      type = with lib.types; nullOr (ints.between 0 65535);
+                      type = with lib.types; nullOr ints.u16;
                       default = null;
                     };
                     options.HiddenServiceMaxStreamsCloseCircuit = optionBool "HiddenServiceMaxStreamsCloseCircuit";