diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c b/arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c
index 223ee46b6e75..68112c172025 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ out:
 }
 
 struct oabi_epoll_event {
-	__u32 events;
+	__poll_t events;
 	__u64 data;
 } __attribute__ ((packed,aligned(4)));