diff --git a/include/tcg/tcg.h b/include/tcg/tcg.h
index 45c7e118c3..7669dc1c2d 100644
--- a/include/tcg/tcg.h
+++ b/include/tcg/tcg.h
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ static inline bool temp_readonly(TCGTemp *ts)
 
 extern __thread TCGContext *tcg_ctx;
 extern const void *tcg_code_gen_epilogue;
-extern uintptr_t tcg_splitwx_diff;
+extern ptrdiff_t tcg_splitwx_diff;
 extern TCGv_env tcg_env;
 
 bool in_code_gen_buffer(const void *p);
diff --git a/tcg/tcg.c b/tcg/tcg.c
index 2ca44766f6..1e77f2365a 100644
--- a/tcg/tcg.c
+++ b/tcg/tcg.c
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ unsigned int tcg_cur_ctxs;
 unsigned int tcg_max_ctxs;
 TCGv_env tcg_env;
 const void *tcg_code_gen_epilogue;
-uintptr_t tcg_splitwx_diff;
+ptrdiff_t tcg_splitwx_diff;
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_TCG_INTERPRETER
 tcg_prologue_fn *tcg_qemu_tb_exec;