diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head32.c
index f15db0c407133b70816b1177565b777d3354dbd7..e175548329915e23ddef8f6dae39fdfe68d73100 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head32.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ static void __init i386_default_early_setup(void)
 void __init i386_start_kernel(void)
 {
 	memblock_reserve(__pa_symbol(_text),
-			 (phys_addr_t)__bss_stop - (phys_addr_t)_text);
+			 (unsigned long)__bss_stop - (unsigned long)_text);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
 	/* Reserve INITRD */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
index 42f5df1343413d9fb0978c54e30e3b15705179bc..7b215a50ec1e21efb7c520325d0d039c1ba24844 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ void __init x86_64_start_reservations(char *real_mode_data)
 	copy_bootdata(__va(real_mode_data));
 
 	memblock_reserve(__pa_symbol(_text),
-			 (phys_addr_t)__bss_stop - (phys_addr_t)_text);
+			 (unsigned long)__bss_stop - (unsigned long)_text);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
 	/* Reserve INITRD */