diff --git a/include/linux/kernel_stat.h b/include/linux/kernel_stat.h
index 7ee2bb43b251..f7f20cf1bd3b 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel_stat.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel_stat.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ extern unsigned int kstat_irqs_usr(unsigned int irq);
 /*
  * Number of interrupts per cpu, since bootup
  */
-static inline unsigned int kstat_cpu_irqs_sum(unsigned int cpu)
+static inline unsigned long kstat_cpu_irqs_sum(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	return kstat_cpu(cpu).irqs_sum;
 }