diff --git a/include/linux/watch_queue.h b/include/linux/watch_queue.h
index c994d1b2cdba..3b9a40ae8bdb 100644
--- a/include/linux/watch_queue.h
+++ b/include/linux/watch_queue.h
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ struct watch_type_filter {
 struct watch_filter {
 	union {
 		struct rcu_head	rcu;
-		unsigned long	type_filter[2];	/* Bitmask of accepted types */
+		/* Bitmask of accepted types */
+		DECLARE_BITMAP(type_filter, WATCH_TYPE__NR);
 	};
 	u32			nr_filters;	/* Number of filters */
 	struct watch_type_filter filters[];
diff --git a/kernel/watch_queue.c b/kernel/watch_queue.c
index 9c9eb20dd2c5..427b0318e303 100644
--- a/kernel/watch_queue.c
+++ b/kernel/watch_queue.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ long watch_queue_set_filter(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
 		    tf[i].info_mask & WATCH_INFO_LENGTH)
 			goto err_filter;
 		/* Ignore any unknown types */
-		if (tf[i].type >= sizeof(wfilter->type_filter) * 8)
+		if (tf[i].type >= WATCH_TYPE__NR)
 			continue;
 		nr_filter++;
 	}
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ long watch_queue_set_filter(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
 
 	q = wfilter->filters;
 	for (i = 0; i < filter.nr_filters; i++) {
-		if (tf[i].type >= sizeof(wfilter->type_filter) * BITS_PER_LONG)
+		if (tf[i].type >= WATCH_TYPE__NR)
 			continue;
 
 		q->type			= tf[i].type;