diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/bitsperlong.h b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/bitsperlong.h
index 485d60bee26ca313ad15797f230efe10072befc9..9a05a9659e761a14d215d0dd75200d0a66e1bb32 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/bitsperlong.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/bitsperlong.h
@@ -17,7 +17,14 @@
 #ifndef __ASM_BITSPERLONG_H
 #define __ASM_BITSPERLONG_H
 
-#define __BITS_PER_LONG 64
+#if defined(__LP64__)
+/* Assuming __LP64__ will be defined for native ELF64's and not for ILP32. */
+#  define __BITS_PER_LONG 64
+#elif defined(__ILP32__)
+#  define __BITS_PER_LONG 32
+#else
+#  error "Neither LP64 nor ILP32: unsupported ABI in asm/bitsperlong.h"
+#endif
 
 #include <asm-generic/bitsperlong.h>