diff --git a/include/linux/of.h b/include/linux/of.h
index bec215792c4f31801e8f9f923974d8a9fd67e7fd..d4c014a35ea545e472d1f466ad347adb98c18fde 100644
--- a/include/linux/of.h
+++ b/include/linux/of.h
@@ -113,14 +113,11 @@ static inline u64 of_read_number(const u32 *cell, int size)
 }
 
 /* Like of_read_number, but we want an unsigned long result */
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
 static inline unsigned long of_read_ulong(const u32 *cell, int size)
 {
-	return cell[size-1];
+	/* toss away upper bits if unsigned long is smaller than u64 */
+	return of_read_number(cell, size);
 }
-#else
-#define of_read_ulong(cell, size)	of_read_number(cell, size)
-#endif
 
 #include <asm/prom.h>