diff --git a/include/linux/stat.h b/include/linux/stat.h
index 2ce1c25ac309b79328a82053d4fb3477f51ad2a8..cef636959e3ef1b462a6263745b06f288c92eac6 100644
--- a/include/linux/stat.h
+++ b/include/linux/stat.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ struct stat {
 #endif	/* __PPC__ */
 
 #if defined (__ARM__) || defined (__I386__) || defined (__M68K__) || defined (__bfin__) ||\
-	defined (__microblaze__)
+	defined (__microblaze__) || defined (__nios2__)
 
 struct stat {
 	unsigned short st_dev;