diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
index a8c20afeb813932cafe7c6616e88f6bd76c7d29d..0589290413682ae321e7a022e6fca3e074533027 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ static int usermem __initdata;
 
 static int __init early_parse_mem(char *p)
 {
-	phys_t start, size;
+	phys_addr_t start, size;
 
 	/*
 	 * If a user specifies memory size, we