diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 1c777878f1ea5d375be6f04f3364ac2fb9d6c8ba..6e73e2e9ae33c5b7719f11fb303cee693dc1b043 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ struct inode {
 
 	spinlock_t		i_lock;	/* i_blocks, i_bytes, maybe i_size */
 	unsigned int		i_flags;
-	unsigned int		i_state;
+	unsigned long		i_state;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
 	void			*i_security;
 #endif