diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bitsperlong.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bitsperlong.h
index b0ae1c4dc791..217909b4d6f5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bitsperlong.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bitsperlong.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef __ASM_X86_BITSPERLONG_H
 #define __ASM_X86_BITSPERLONG_H
 
-#ifdef __x86_64__
+#if defined(__x86_64__) && !defined(__ILP32__)
 # define __BITS_PER_LONG 64
 #else
 # define __BITS_PER_LONG 32