diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/compat.h b/include/asm-ia64/compat.h
index c0b1910..40d01d8 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/compat.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/compat.h
@@ -189,6 +189,12 @@
 	return (void __user *) (unsigned long) uptr;
 }
 
+static inline compat_uptr_t
+ptr_to_compat(void __user *uptr)
+{
+	return (u32)(unsigned long)uptr;
+}
+
 static __inline__ void __user *
 compat_alloc_user_space (long len)
 {