diff --git a/fs/compat_ioctl.c b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
index c8f8d5904f5..9c6d815dd19 100644
--- a/fs/compat_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ static int sg_ioctl_trans(unsigned int fd, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 
 	if (copy_in_user(&sgio->status, &sgio32->status,
 			 (4 * sizeof(unsigned char)) +
-			 (2 * sizeof(unsigned (short))) +
+			 (2 * sizeof(unsigned short)) +
 			 (3 * sizeof(int))))
 		return -EFAULT;