diff --git a/src/unix/linux_like/linux/musl/b64/mips64.rs b/src/unix/linux_like/linux/musl/b64/mips64.rs
index 5cef57239fda9..5f978f373983b 100644
--- a/src/unix/linux_like/linux/musl/b64/mips64.rs
+++ b/src/unix/linux_like/linux/musl/b64/mips64.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::prelude::*;
 pub type wchar_t = i32;
 pub type __u64 = c_ulong;
 pub type __s64 = c_long;
-pub type nlink_t = u64;
+pub type nlink_t = c_uint;
 pub type blksize_t = i64;
 
 s! {