diff --git a/include/os/linux/spl/sys/types.h b/include/os/linux/spl/sys/types.h
index a7666187ec23..d89a91c36f92 100644
--- a/include/os/linux/spl/sys/types.h
+++ b/include/os/linux/spl/sys/types.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ typedef unsigned long		ulong_t;
 typedef unsigned long long	u_longlong_t;
 typedef long long		longlong_t;
 
-typedef unsigned long		intptr_t;
+typedef long			intptr_t;
 typedef unsigned long long	rlim64_t;
 
 typedef struct task_struct	kthread_t;