diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
index 772e2a846deca5a125e06a694a6dd3ae58ceb364..9340dfb7057fa3ef3204a9ff12a401dc48f591ed 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ dotraplinkage void __kprobes do_debug(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 	/* Store the virtualized DR6 value */
 	tsk->thread.debugreg6 = dr6;
 
-	if (notify_die(DIE_DEBUG, "debug", regs, PTR_ERR(&dr6), error_code,
+	if (notify_die(DIE_DEBUG, "debug", regs, (long)&dr6, error_code,
 							SIGTRAP) == NOTIFY_STOP)
 		goto exit;