diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c
index 4a86340133e4..f8703db99c73 100644
--- a/block/ioctl.c
+++ b/block/ioctl.c
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ long compat_blkdev_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		return compat_put_long(argp,
 			(bdev->bd_disk->bdi->ra_pages * PAGE_SIZE) / 512);
 	case BLKGETSIZE:
-		if (bdev_nr_sectors(bdev) > ~0UL)
+		if (bdev_nr_sectors(bdev) > ~(compat_ulong_t)0)
 			return -EFBIG;
 		return compat_put_ulong(argp, bdev_nr_sectors(bdev));