diff --git a/include/uapi/rdma/ib_user_ioctl_verbs.h b/include/uapi/rdma/ib_user_ioctl_verbs.h
index 3d3a2f017abc..173629ecc09b 100644
--- a/include/uapi/rdma/ib_user_ioctl_verbs.h
+++ b/include/uapi/rdma/ib_user_ioctl_verbs.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
 #ifndef RDMA_UAPI_PTR
-#define RDMA_UAPI_PTR(_type, _name)	_type __attribute__((aligned(8))) _name
+#define RDMA_UAPI_PTR(_type, _name)	__aligned_u64 _name
 #endif
 
 #endif