diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/stat.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/stat.h
index 10cfb558e0fd..84880b80cc1c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/stat.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/stat.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ struct stat {
 	unsigned long	st_dev;
 	ino_t		st_ino;
 #ifdef __powerpc64__
-	unsigned short	st_nlink;
+	unsigned long	st_nlink;
 	mode_t		st_mode;
 #else
 	mode_t		st_mode;