diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index b52101d37ec7..a68b9d8a71fe 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <xen/xen.h>
 #include <asm/xen/hypervisor.h>
 
-#define DMA_ERROR_CODE	(~0)
+#define DMA_ERROR_CODE	(~(dma_addr_t)0x0)
 extern struct dma_map_ops arm_dma_ops;
 extern struct dma_map_ops arm_coherent_dma_ops;