diff --git a/arch/ppc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/ppc/kernel/traps.c
index 002322a1f3cedd02ab18a25fe135dfedeebc0bc6..361865c4bc84b59e44f4d93d1e36f97dfc7696e6 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/ppc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ static int emulate_string_inst(struct pt_regs *regs, u32 instword)
 	u8 rA = (instword >> 16) & 0x1f;
 	u8 NB_RB = (instword >> 11) & 0x1f;
 	u32 num_bytes;
-	u32 EA;
+	unsigned long EA;
 	int pos = 0;
 
 	/* Early out if we are an invalid form of lswx */