diff --git a/fs/sysfs/mount.c b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
index 20551a1..e503f85 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 struct vfsmount *sysfs_mount;
 struct super_block * sysfs_sb = NULL;
-kmem_cache_t *sysfs_dir_cachep;
+struct kmem_cache *sysfs_dir_cachep;
 
 static struct super_operations sysfs_ops = {
 	.statfs		= simple_statfs,
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 6f3d6bd..bd7cec2 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 extern struct vfsmount * sysfs_mount;
-extern kmem_cache_t *sysfs_dir_cachep;
+extern struct kmem_cache *sysfs_dir_cachep;
 
 extern struct inode * sysfs_new_inode(mode_t mode, struct sysfs_dirent *);
 extern int sysfs_create(struct dentry *, int mode, int (*init)(struct inode *));