diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/arcregs.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/arcregs.h
index d8023bc8d1ad687c26a57ee6873509d0d1570222..431e82893fc820c98dd49fa38ee0b84958264e85 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/arcregs.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/arcregs.h
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 
 /* gcc builtin sr needs reg param to be long immediate */
 #define write_aux_reg(reg_immed, val)		\
-		__builtin_arc_sr((unsigned int)val, reg_immed)
+		__builtin_arc_sr((unsigned int)(val), reg_immed)
 
 #else