diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_object.h b/sys/vm/vm_object.h
index 0c6c875c9e0..599df51b693 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_object.h
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_object.h
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ struct vm_object {
 	objtype_t type;			/* type of pager */
 	u_short flags;			/* see below */
 	u_short pg_color;		/* (c) color of first page in obj */
-	u_short paging_in_progress;	/* Paging (in or out) so don't collapse or destroy */
+	u_int paging_in_progress;	/* Paging (in or out) so don't collapse or destroy */
 	int resident_page_count;	/* number of resident pages */
 	struct vm_object *backing_object; /* object that I'm a shadow of */
 	vm_ooffset_t backing_object_offset;/* Offset in backing object */