diff --git a/include/asm-sh/thread_info.h b/include/asm-sh/thread_info.h
index 85f0c11b4319..7345350d98c0 100644
--- a/include/asm-sh/thread_info.h
+++ b/include/asm-sh/thread_info.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 struct thread_info {
 	struct task_struct	*task;		/* main task structure */
 	struct exec_domain	*exec_domain;	/* execution domain */
-	__u32			flags;		/* low level flags */
+	unsigned long		flags;		/* low level flags */
 	__u32			cpu;
 	int			preempt_count; /* 0 => preemptable, <0 => BUG */
 	struct restart_block	restart_block;