diff --git a/include/asm-cris/thread_info.h b/include/asm-cris/thread_info.h
index 53193fe..5ba4b78 100644
--- a/include/asm-cris/thread_info.h
+++ b/include/asm-cris/thread_info.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 	struct exec_domain	*exec_domain;	/* execution domain */
 	unsigned long		flags;		/* low level flags */
 	__u32			cpu;		/* current CPU */
-	__s32			preempt_count; /* 0 => preemptable, <0 => BUG */
+	int			preempt_count;	/* 0 => preemptable, <0 => BUG */
 
 	mm_segment_t		addr_limit;	/* thread address space:
 					 	   0-0xBFFFFFFF for user-thead