diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
index 68c4547528c4..83aac8ba50b0 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
@@ -31,19 +31,15 @@
  * so that it will fit. We use hash_64 to convert the value to 31 bits, and
  * then add 1, to ensure that we don't end up with a 0 as the value.
  */
-#if BITS_PER_LONG == 64
 static inline ino_t
 cifs_uniqueid_to_ino_t(u64 fileid)
 {
+	if ((sizeof(ino_t)) < (sizeof(u64)))
+		return (ino_t)hash_64(fileid, (sizeof(ino_t) * 8) - 1) + 1;
+
 	return (ino_t)fileid;
+
 }
-#else
-static inline ino_t
-cifs_uniqueid_to_ino_t(u64 fileid)
-{
-	return (ino_t)hash_64(fileid, (sizeof(ino_t) * 8) - 1) + 1;
-}
-#endif
 
 extern struct file_system_type cifs_fs_type;
 extern const struct address_space_operations cifs_addr_ops;