diff --git a/include/asm-generic/hardirq.h b/include/asm-generic/hardirq.h
index 23bb4dad4962..62f59080e5cc 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/hardirq.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/hardirq.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <linux/irq.h>
 
 typedef struct {
-	unsigned long __softirq_pending;
+	unsigned int __softirq_pending;
 } ____cacheline_aligned irq_cpustat_t;
 
 #include <linux/irq_cpustat.h>	/* Standard mappings for irq_cpustat_t above */