diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/mmu-hash.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/mmu-hash.h
index c68102293a192760f40477fcd36d49e1b7f94eb0..c93450bf306fed9340bc5b3f767d065ed39b49d9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/mmu-hash.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/mmu-hash.h
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ static inline unsigned long hpt_vpn(unsigned long ea,
 static inline unsigned long hpt_hash(unsigned long vpn,
 				     unsigned int shift, int ssize)
 {
-	int mask;
+	unsigned long mask;
 	unsigned long hash, vsid;
 
 	/* VPN_SHIFT can be atmost 12 */