1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/bitops.h b/tools/perf/util/include/linux/bitops.h
index 45cf10a562bd..dadfa7e54287 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/bitops.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/include/linux/bitops.h
@@ -87,13 +87,15 @@ static __always_inline unsigned long __ffs(unsigned long word)
         return num;
 }
 
+typedef const unsigned long __attribute__((__may_alias__)) long_alias_t;
+
 /*
  * Find the first set bit in a memory region.
  */
 static inline unsigned long
 find_first_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned long size)
 {
-        const unsigned long *p = addr;
+        long_alias_t *p = (long_alias_t *) addr;
         unsigned long result = 0;
         unsigned long tmp;