diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/posix/utils.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/posix/utils.h
index 7c3988b2e..25e25d356 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/posix/utils.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/posix/utils.h
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ static inline unsigned int nvgpu_posix_hweight64(uint64_t x)
 
 #define container_of(ptr, type, member) ({                    \
 	typeof(((type *)0)->member) *__mptr = (ptr);    \
-	(type *)((char *)__mptr - offsetof(type, member)); })
+	(type *)((uintptr_t)__mptr - offsetof(type, member)); })
 
 #define MAX_ERRNO	4095