diff --git a/include/linux/types.h b/include/linux/types.h
index 62323825cff9..6747247e3f9f 100644
--- a/include/linux/types.h
+++ b/include/linux/types.h
@@ -135,12 +135,9 @@ typedef unsigned long blkcnt_t;
 #endif
 
 /*
- * The type of an index into the pagecache.  Use a #define so asm/types.h
- * can override it.
+ * The type of an index into the pagecache.
  */
-#ifndef pgoff_t
 #define pgoff_t unsigned long
-#endif
 
 /* A dma_addr_t can hold any valid DMA or bus address for the platform */
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_DMA_ADDR_T_64BIT