diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/types.h b/include/uapi/linux/types.h
index c4dc597f3dcf4392a8609fe52290c2a5e67bfa90..308433be33c2613c8b7dcb5a7e94d1346df5af13 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/types.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/types.h
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 #define __bitwise
 #endif
 
+/* The kernel doesn't use this legacy form, but user space does */
+#define __bitwise__ __bitwise
+
 typedef __u16 __bitwise __le16;
 typedef __u16 __bitwise __be16;
 typedef __u32 __bitwise __le32;