diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/logger.c b/drivers/staging/android/logger.c
index b040200a5a55..9bd874789ce5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/logger.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/logger.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ static ssize_t do_read_log_to_user(struct logger_log *log,
  * 'log->buffer' which contains the first entry readable by 'euid'
  */
 static size_t get_next_entry_by_uid(struct logger_log *log,
-		size_t off, uid_t euid)
+		size_t off, kuid_t euid)
 {
 	while (off != log->w_off) {
 		struct logger_entry *entry;
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ static size_t get_next_entry_by_uid(struct logger_log *log,
 
 		entry = get_entry_header(log, off, &scratch);
 
-		if (entry->euid == euid)
+		if (uid_eq(entry->euid, euid))
 			return off;
 
 		next_len = sizeof(struct logger_entry) + entry->len;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/logger.h b/drivers/staging/android/logger.h
index cc6bbd99c8e0..70af7d805dff 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/logger.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/logger.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ struct logger_entry {
 	__s32		tid;
 	__s32		sec;
 	__s32		nsec;
-	uid_t		euid;
+	kuid_t		euid;
 	char		msg[0];
 };