diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
index d05f6b564998773bdc401c27aa9425e19ac6a7ee..790240cd067f60860957951db601dfb2fc81e373 100644
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -1058,16 +1058,16 @@ asmlinkage long sys_shmdt(char __user *shmaddr)
 static int sysvipc_shm_proc_show(struct seq_file *s, void *it)
 {
 	struct shmid_kernel *shp = it;
-	char *format;
 
-#define SMALL_STRING "%10d %10d  %4o %10u %5u %5u  %5d %5u %5u %5u %5u %10lu %10lu %10lu\n"
-#define BIG_STRING   "%10d %10d  %4o %21u %5u %5u  %5d %5u %5u %5u %5u %10lu %10lu %10lu\n"
+#if BITS_PER_LONG <= 32
+#define SIZE_SPEC "%10lu"
+#else
+#define SIZE_SPEC "%21lu"
+#endif
 
-	if (sizeof(size_t) <= sizeof(int))
-		format = SMALL_STRING;
-	else
-		format = BIG_STRING;
-	return seq_printf(s, format,
+	return seq_printf(s,
+			  "%10d %10d  %4o " SIZE_SPEC " %5u %5u  "
+			  "%5lu %5u %5u %5u %5u %10lu %10lu %10lu\n",
 			  shp->shm_perm.key,
 			  shp->shm_perm.id,
 			  shp->shm_perm.mode,