diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
index 7c4b514d62b1f705a8424e36e1b1ab1ebdca7d93..54883de5d5f9b598ab981de82269c908dec86114 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ memory (e.g. allocated with <function>kmalloc()</function>). There's also
 </para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>
-<varname>unsigned long addr</varname>: Required if the mapping is used.
+<varname>phys_addr_t addr</varname>: Required if the mapping is used.
 Fill in the address of your memory block. This address is the one that
 appears in sysfs.
 </para></listitem>
diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio.c b/drivers/uio/uio.c
index c89f12a8b1166b576a5fecb8c823894a1942cd47..a783d533a1a6fe662e99cd26ebec87c6569bd9bf 100644
--- a/drivers/uio/uio.c
+++ b/drivers/uio/uio.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static ssize_t map_name_show(struct uio_mem *mem, char *buf)
 
 static ssize_t map_addr_show(struct uio_mem *mem, char *buf)
 {
-	return sprintf(buf, "0x%lx\n", mem->addr);
+	return sprintf(buf, "0x%llx\n", (unsigned long long)mem->addr);
 }
 
 static ssize_t map_size_show(struct uio_mem *mem, char *buf)
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static ssize_t map_size_show(struct uio_mem *mem, char *buf)
 
 static ssize_t map_offset_show(struct uio_mem *mem, char *buf)
 {
-	return sprintf(buf, "0x%lx\n", mem->addr & ~PAGE_MASK);
+	return sprintf(buf, "0x%llx\n", (unsigned long long)mem->addr & ~PAGE_MASK);
 }
 
 struct map_sysfs_entry {
@@ -634,8 +634,7 @@ static int uio_vma_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	if (idev->info->mem[mi].memtype == UIO_MEM_LOGICAL)
 		page = virt_to_page(idev->info->mem[mi].addr + offset);
 	else
-		page = vmalloc_to_page((void *)idev->info->mem[mi].addr
-							+ offset);
+		page = vmalloc_to_page((void *)(unsigned long)idev->info->mem[mi].addr + offset);
 	get_page(page);
 	vmf->page = page;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/uio_driver.h b/include/linux/uio_driver.h
index 665517c05eaf2470f57b546a801b8e8bcac03e52..fd99ff9298c68519fca3dd3ff12b6e1f8d51f567 100644
--- a/include/linux/uio_driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/uio_driver.h
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ struct uio_map;
 /**
  * struct uio_mem - description of a UIO memory region
  * @name:		name of the memory region for identification
- * @addr:		address of the device's memory
+ * @addr:		address of the device's memory (phys_addr is used since
+ * 			addr can be logical, virtual, or physical & phys_addr_t
+ * 			should always be large enough to handle any of the
+ * 			address types)
  * @size:		size of IO
  * @memtype:		type of memory addr points to
  * @internal_addr:	ioremap-ped version of addr, for driver internal use
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@ struct uio_map;
  */
 struct uio_mem {
 	const char		*name;
-	unsigned long		addr;
+	phys_addr_t		addr;
 	unsigned long		size;
 	int			memtype;
 	void __iomem		*internal_addr;