diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.h
index e7842e024b94..b4a3648b4502 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.h
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ typedef struct xfs_buf {
 	struct work_struct	b_ioend_work;
 	xfs_buf_iodone_t	b_iodone;	/* I/O completion function */
 	struct completion	b_iowait;	/* queue for I/O waiters */
-	void			*b_log_item;
+	struct xfs_buf_log_item	*b_log_item;
 	struct list_head	b_li_list;	/* Log items list head */
 	struct xfs_trans	*b_transp;
 	struct page		**b_pages;	/* array of page pointers */