diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 744377c0186..336fdb8ed47 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ struct eppoll_entry {
 	struct list_head llink;
 
 	/* The "base" pointer is set to the container "struct epitem" */
-	void *base;
+	struct epitem *base;
 
 	/*
 	 * Wait queue item that will be linked to the target file wait