diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/irq.c b/arch/mips/kernel/irq.c
index d2bfbc2e8995f..51f57d8416625 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/irq.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 int kgdb_early_setup;
 #endif
 
-static unsigned long irq_map[NR_IRQS / BITS_PER_LONG];
+static DECLARE_BITMAP(irq_map, NR_IRQS);
 
 int allocate_irqno(void)
 {