diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 0dacbbf9458b..2e9ddd71b24a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static inline int valid_user_regs(struct user_pt_regs *regs)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#define instruction_pointer(regs)	(regs)->pc
+#define instruction_pointer(regs)	((unsigned long)(regs)->pc)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 extern unsigned long profile_pc(struct pt_regs *regs);