diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h
index 6d4482fa35bcbc183bf64d9239a4a5a87bb86705..e2950b098e76f68803559ca264d7bed94ffa4789 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@
 				 COMPAT_HWCAP_VFPv3|COMPAT_HWCAP_VFPv4|\
 				 COMPAT_HWCAP_NEON|COMPAT_HWCAP_IDIV)
 
-extern unsigned int elf_hwcap;
+extern unsigned long elf_hwcap;
 #endif
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
index 12ad8f3d0cfd32c4f5409a0b8f29b499b7f5cf80..055cfb80e05c5d8d352880cb6db85d2cdea38241 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 unsigned int processor_id;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(processor_id);
 
-unsigned int elf_hwcap __read_mostly;
+unsigned long elf_hwcap __read_mostly;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(elf_hwcap);
 
 static const char *cpu_name;