diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
index 083c3c2895771068e94ec7065a6bda3ec618e7a5..f3b635f86c39c085ac67126929d4a7cec89e9702 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ static int usermem __initdata;
 
 static int __init early_parse_mem(char *p)
 {
-	unsigned long start, size;
+	phys_t start, size;
 
 	/*
 	 * If a user specifies memory size, we