diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/page.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/page.h
index 0d53854884d047557a981fece15936715a4cd950..296c3426a6ad3589df2926c50c26832960a48ab8 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/page.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/page.h
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ void clear_user_page(void *to, unsigned long u_vaddr, struct page *page);
  * These are used to make use of C type-checking..
  */
 typedef struct {
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARC_HAS_PAE40
+	unsigned long long pte;
+#else
 	unsigned long pte;
+#endif
 } pte_t;
 typedef struct {
 	unsigned long pgd;