diff --git a/sys/arm/include/ucontext.h b/sys/arm/include/ucontext.h
index 3cc511341f6..67a640f0cf0 100644
--- a/sys/arm/include/ucontext.h
+++ b/sys/arm/include/ucontext.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	 * Originally, rest of this structure was named __fpu, 35 * 4 bytes
 	 * long, never accessed from kernel. 
 	 */
-	size_t		mc_vfp_size;
+	__size_t	mc_vfp_size;
 	void 		*mc_vfp_ptr;
 	unsigned int	mc_spare[33];
 } mcontext_t;