diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lib-types.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lib-types.h
index b9f1bd2c919f..69c11c154d8d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lib-types.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lib-types.h
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ struct lnet_libhandle {
 struct lnet_eq {
 	struct list_head	  eq_list;
 	struct lnet_libhandle	  eq_lh;
-	lnet_seq_t		  eq_enq_seq;
-	lnet_seq_t		  eq_deq_seq;
+	unsigned long		  eq_enq_seq;
+	unsigned long		  eq_deq_seq;
 	unsigned int		  eq_size;
 	lnet_eq_handler_t	  eq_callback;
 	struct lnet_event	 *eq_events;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/types.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/types.h
index 8e10ad666e4d..7d394965d279 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/types.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/types.h
@@ -561,9 +561,7 @@ enum lnet_event_kind {
 	LNET_EVENT_UNLINK,
 };
 
-#define LNET_SEQ_BASETYPE	long
-typedef unsigned LNET_SEQ_BASETYPE lnet_seq_t;
-#define LNET_SEQ_GT(a, b)	(((signed LNET_SEQ_BASETYPE)((a) - (b))) > 0)
+#define LNET_SEQ_GT(a, b)      (((signed long)((a) - (b))) > 0)
 
 /**
  * Information about an event on a MD.
@@ -634,7 +632,7 @@ struct lnet_event {
 	 * The sequence number for this event. Sequence numbers are unique
 	 * to each event.
 	 */
-	volatile lnet_seq_t	sequence;
+	volatile unsigned long	sequence;
 };
 
 /**