diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/processor.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/processor.h
index 7cb19eca6c72d840dcb8eacc5fa9e92c284e384e..82b7fe16a8242778c4cf83a0c987e14964683477 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/processor.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/processor.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static inline uint64_t get_desc64_base(const struct desc64 *desc)
 static inline uint64_t rdtsc(void)
 {
 	uint32_t eax, edx;
-	uint32_t tsc_val;
+	uint64_t tsc_val;
 	/*
 	 * The lfence is to wait (on Intel CPUs) until all previous
 	 * instructions have been executed. If software requires RDTSC to be