diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/delay.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/delay.h
index e7cd78277c2314cee30aec8d078d2e9cd3a8e69e..dc0a5f77a35c8d9a6c09567e61e54b7e349b55ae 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/delay.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/delay.h
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 
 #include <linux/param.h>
 
-extern void __delay(unsigned int loops);
-extern void __ndelay(unsigned int ns);
-extern void __udelay(unsigned int us);
+extern void __delay(unsigned long loops);
+extern void __ndelay(unsigned long ns);
+extern void __udelay(unsigned long us);
 
 #define ndelay(ns) __ndelay(ns)
 #define udelay(us) __udelay(us)
diff --git a/arch/mips/lib/delay.c b/arch/mips/lib/delay.c
index 5995969e8c42b4c4b0d6a1f44005104429c50479..dc81ca8dc0dd4b0ccd81ae2edc78b059aa8fd016 100644
--- a/arch/mips/lib/delay.c
+++ b/arch/mips/lib/delay.c
@@ -15,13 +15,17 @@
 #include <asm/compiler.h>
 #include <asm/war.h>
 
-inline void __delay(unsigned int loops)
+void __delay(unsigned long loops)
 {
 	__asm__ __volatile__ (
 	"	.set	noreorder				\n"
 	"	.align	3					\n"
 	"1:	bnez	%0, 1b					\n"
+#if __SIZEOF_LONG__ == 4
 	"	subu	%0, 1					\n"
+#else
+	"	dsubu	%0, 1					\n"
+#endif
 	"	.set	reorder					\n"
 	: "=r" (loops)
 	: "0" (loops));