diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index e82bfa5e0ab8..1fa57947bca0 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ typedef enum {
 } idetape_chrdev_direction_t;
 
 struct idetape_bh {
-	unsigned short b_size;
+	u32 b_size;
 	atomic_t b_count;
 	struct idetape_bh *b_reqnext;
 	char *b_data;