1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/fuse/control.c b/fs/fuse/control.c
index 4f3cab321415..99c99dfb0373 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/control.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/control.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
   FUSE: Filesystem in Userspace
-  Copyright (C) 2001-2006  Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
+  Copyright (C) 2001-2008  Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
 
   This program can be distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL.
   See the file COPYING.
@@ -48,11 +48,13 @@ static ssize_t fuse_conn_waiting_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
         size_t size;
 
         if (!*ppos) {
+                long value;
                 struct fuse_conn *fc = fuse_ctl_file_conn_get(file);
                 if (!fc)
                         return 0;
 
-                file->private_data=(void *)(long)atomic_read(&fc->num_waiting);
+                value = atomic_read(&fc->num_waiting);
+                file->private_data = (void *)value;
                 fuse_conn_put(fc);
         }
         size = sprintf(tmp, "%ld\n", (long)file->private_data);