diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/local.h b/include/asm-x86_64/local.h
index 3e72c41727c53af2f7ea75666aab6da56be79a5f..bf148037d4e541161b35ea0d85afd7936f002596 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/local.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/local.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 typedef struct
 {
-	volatile unsigned int counter;
+	volatile unsigned long counter;
 } local_t;
 
 #define LOCAL_INIT(i)	{ (i) }
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ typedef struct
 static __inline__ void local_inc(local_t *v)
 {
 	__asm__ __volatile__(
-		"incl %0"
+		"incq %0"
 		:"=m" (v->counter)
 		:"m" (v->counter));
 }
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ static __inline__ void local_inc(local_t *v)
 static __inline__ void local_dec(local_t *v)
 {
 	__asm__ __volatile__(
-		"decl %0"
+		"decq %0"
 		:"=m" (v->counter)
 		:"m" (v->counter));
 }
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static __inline__ void local_dec(local_t *v)
 static __inline__ void local_add(unsigned int i, local_t *v)
 {
 	__asm__ __volatile__(
-		"addl %1,%0"
+		"addq %1,%0"
 		:"=m" (v->counter)
 		:"ir" (i), "m" (v->counter));
 }
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static __inline__ void local_add(unsigned int i, local_t *v)
 static __inline__ void local_sub(unsigned int i, local_t *v)
 {
 	__asm__ __volatile__(
-		"subl %1,%0"
+		"subq %1,%0"
 		:"=m" (v->counter)
 		:"ir" (i), "m" (v->counter));
 }