diff --git a/include/linux/types.h b/include/linux/types.h
index f4f8d19158e4..b94c0e4efe24 100644
--- a/include/linux/types.h
+++ b/include/linux/types.h
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ typedef		__s64		int64_t;
 #endif
 
 /* this is a special 64bit data type that is 8-byte aligned */
-#define aligned_u64 unsigned long long __attribute__((aligned(8)))
+#define aligned_u64 __u64 __attribute__((aligned(8)))
 #define aligned_be64 __be64 __attribute__((aligned(8)))
 #define aligned_le64 __le64 __attribute__((aligned(8)))