diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/numa.h b/include/asm-ia64/numa.h
index 3ae128f..dae6aeb 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/numa.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/numa.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 #include <asm/mmzone.h>
 
-extern u8 cpu_to_node_map[NR_CPUS] __cacheline_aligned;
+extern u16 cpu_to_node_map[NR_CPUS] __cacheline_aligned;
 extern cpumask_t node_to_cpu_mask[MAX_NUMNODES] __cacheline_aligned;
 
 /* Stuff below this line could be architecture independent */