diff --git a/fs/btrfs/backref.c b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
index a1efd39..54a201d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/backref.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
@@ -276,9 +276,8 @@
 			}
 			if (ret > 0)
 				goto next;
-			ret = ulist_add_merge(parents, eb->start,
-					      (uintptr_t)eie,
-					      (u64 *)&old, GFP_NOFS);
+			ret = ulist_add_merge_ptr(parents, eb->start,
+						  eie, (void **)&old, GFP_NOFS);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				break;
 			if (!ret && extent_item_pos) {
@@ -1011,9 +1010,9 @@
 					goto out;
 				ref->inode_list = eie;
 			}
-			ret = ulist_add_merge(refs, ref->parent,
-					      (uintptr_t)ref->inode_list,
-					      (u64 *)&eie, GFP_NOFS);
+			ret = ulist_add_merge_ptr(refs, ref->parent,
+						  ref->inode_list,
+						  (void **)&eie, GFP_NOFS);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				goto out;
 			if (!ret && extent_item_pos) {
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ulist.h b/fs/btrfs/ulist.h
index 7f78cbf..4c29db6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ulist.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ulist.h
@@ -57,6 +57,21 @@
 int ulist_add(struct ulist *ulist, u64 val, u64 aux, gfp_t gfp_mask);
 int ulist_add_merge(struct ulist *ulist, u64 val, u64 aux,
 		    u64 *old_aux, gfp_t gfp_mask);
+
+/* just like ulist_add_merge() but take a pointer for the aux data */
+static inline int ulist_add_merge_ptr(struct ulist *ulist, u64 val, void *aux,
+				      void **old_aux, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+#if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
+	u64 old64 = (uintptr_t)*old_aux;
+	int ret = ulist_add_merge(ulist, val, (uintptr_t)aux, &old64, gfp_mask);
+	*old_aux = (void *)((uintptr_t)old64);
+	return ret;
+#else
+	return ulist_add_merge(ulist, val, (u64)aux, (u64 *)old_aux, gfp_mask);
+#endif
+}
+
 struct ulist_node *ulist_next(struct ulist *ulist,
 			      struct ulist_iterator *uiter);