diff --git a/include/linux/lightnvm.h b/include/linux/lightnvm.h
index 69c9057e1ab89330b1ed22cd0681bf5440ce0096..32b5369e814e2da4fb380f4833269cc89ed46bdb 100644
--- a/include/linux/lightnvm.h
+++ b/include/linux/lightnvm.h
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ struct nvm_dev_ops {
 	nvm_dev_dma_alloc_fn	*dev_dma_alloc;
 	nvm_dev_dma_free_fn	*dev_dma_free;
 
-	uint8_t			max_phys_sect;
+	unsigned int		max_phys_sect;
 };
 
 struct nvm_lun {