diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/numa.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/numa.c
index a68ce6678092..0766493d4d00 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/numa.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/numa.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/smp.h>
 
-u8 cpu_to_node_map[NR_CPUS] __cacheline_aligned;
+u16 cpu_to_node_map[NR_CPUS] __cacheline_aligned;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpu_to_node_map);
 
 cpumask_t node_to_cpu_mask[MAX_NUMNODES] __cacheline_aligned;
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/numa.h b/include/asm-ia64/numa.h
index 3ae128fe0823..dae6aeb7b119 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/numa.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/numa.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 #include <asm/mmzone.h>
 
-extern u8 cpu_to_node_map[NR_CPUS] __cacheline_aligned;
+extern u16 cpu_to_node_map[NR_CPUS] __cacheline_aligned;
 extern cpumask_t node_to_cpu_mask[MAX_NUMNODES] __cacheline_aligned;
 
 /* Stuff below this line could be architecture independent */