diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/input.h b/include/uapi/linux/input.h
index 7288a7c573cc..551866a4f658 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/input.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/input.h
@@ -26,13 +26,17 @@
  */
 
 struct input_event {
-#if (__BITS_PER_LONG != 32 || !defined(__USE_TIME_BITS64)) && !defined(__KERNEL)
+#if (__BITS_PER_LONG != 32 || !defined(__USE_TIME_BITS64)) && !defined(__KERNEL__)
 	struct timeval time;
 #define input_event_sec time.tv_sec
 #define input_event_usec time.tv_usec
 #else
 	__kernel_ulong_t __sec;
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPARC64
+	unsigned int __usec;
+#else
 	__kernel_ulong_t __usec;
+#endif
 #define input_event_sec  __sec
 #define input_event_usec __usec
 #endif