diff --git a/include/asm-generic/global_data.h b/include/asm-generic/global_data.h
index ebfe2a324c..5416f468b0 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/global_data.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/global_data.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 typedef struct global_data {
 	bd_t *bd;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	unsigned long baudrate;
+	unsigned int baudrate;
 	unsigned long cpu_clk;	/* CPU clock in Hz!		*/
 	unsigned long bus_clk;
 	/* We cannot bracket this with CONFIG_PCI due to mpc5xxx */