diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace_event.h b/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
index 75f3ac01a87c6e3341bf82e35771528dfb0b32fb..2a4a40749911a3f8bdeb6f886db0a6f8aff20486 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ struct dentry;
  *     bash-15816 [01]   235.197585: idle_cpu <- irq_enter
  */
 struct trace_entry {
-	unsigned char		type;
+	int			type;
 	unsigned char		flags;
 	unsigned char		preempt_count;
 	int			pid;
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ enum print_line_t {
 
 
 struct ring_buffer_event *
-trace_current_buffer_lock_reserve(unsigned char type, unsigned long len,
+trace_current_buffer_lock_reserve(int type, unsigned long len,
 				  unsigned long flags, int pc);
 void trace_current_buffer_unlock_commit(struct ring_buffer_event *event,
 					unsigned long flags, int pc);
diff --git a/include/trace/ftrace.h b/include/trace/ftrace.h
index 39a3351f2e7ffee0157d7f2e4cf78466c56bcb35..15ef08d9add1c1a6aa5d438d4d496c8793b89ece 100644
--- a/include/trace/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/trace/ftrace.h
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ ftrace_define_fields_##call(void)					\
 	struct ftrace_event_call *event_call = &event_##call;		\
 	int ret;							\
 									\
-	__common_field(unsigned char, type);				\
+	__common_field(int, type);					\
 	__common_field(unsigned char, flags);				\
 	__common_field(unsigned char, preempt_count);			\
 	__common_field(int, pid);					\
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index b9a3adce9221ad21c4f47cc0ac609048cc728a91..b6183bc9ecae5ca3c3a91d2313d119170207d040 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ tracing_generic_entry_update(struct trace_entry *entry, unsigned long flags,
 }
 
 struct ring_buffer_event *trace_buffer_lock_reserve(struct trace_array *tr,
-						    unsigned char type,
+						    int type,
 						    unsigned long len,
 						    unsigned long flags, int pc)
 {
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ void trace_buffer_unlock_commit(struct trace_array *tr,
 }
 
 struct ring_buffer_event *
-trace_current_buffer_lock_reserve(unsigned char type, unsigned long len,
+trace_current_buffer_lock_reserve(int type, unsigned long len,
 				  unsigned long flags, int pc)
 {
 	return trace_buffer_lock_reserve(&global_trace,
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 247948e81b08db0c806dffee273d66a55d74526e..7d55bcf50e49970a7ef6377c5f8e6726e307a1cf 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ void init_tracer_sysprof_debugfs(struct dentry *d_tracer);
 struct ring_buffer_event;
 
 struct ring_buffer_event *trace_buffer_lock_reserve(struct trace_array *tr,
-						    unsigned char type,
+						    int type,
 						    unsigned long len,
 						    unsigned long flags,
 						    int pc);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 9ea55a7dfdec360c589b457a9390c097a907754c..5d6e879cf8757590d7e0379eab2fb4f081b7b0c9 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ static int trace_write_header(struct trace_seq *s)
 				"\tfield:%s %s;\toffset:%zu;\tsize:%zu;\n"
 				"\tfield:%s %s;\toffset:%zu;\tsize:%zu;\n"
 				"\n",
-				FIELD(unsigned char, type),
+				FIELD(int, type),
 				FIELD(unsigned char, flags),
 				FIELD(unsigned char, preempt_count),
 				FIELD(int, pid),