diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index abc527a..96e2321 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@
 	atomic_t fanotify_listeners;
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_EPOLL
-	atomic_t epoll_watches;	/* The number of file descriptors currently watched */
+	atomic_long_t epoll_watches; /* The number of file descriptors currently watched */
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE
 	/* protected by mq_lock	*/