diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/uaccess.h
index 967c312a6bafe96d4ab0e6c37865be7ea51482aa..4f3fb6ccbf2139b3e23798df6615e34ec5e4d09a 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -169,10 +169,11 @@ do {									\
 	(err) = ia64_getreg(_IA64_REG_R8);				\
 	(val) = ia64_getreg(_IA64_REG_R9);				\
 } while (0)
-# define __put_user_size(val, addr, n, err)							\
-do {												\
-	__st_user("__ex_table", (unsigned long) addr, n, RELOC_TYPE, (unsigned long) (val));	\
-	(err) = ia64_getreg(_IA64_REG_R8);							\
+# define __put_user_size(val, addr, n, err)				\
+do {									\
+	__st_user("__ex_table", (unsigned long) addr, n, RELOC_TYPE,	\
+		  (__force unsigned long) (val));			\
+	(err) = ia64_getreg(_IA64_REG_R8);				\
 } while (0)
 #endif /* !ASM_SUPPORTED */