diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_debug.c b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_debug.c
index 77f410a6b32..dc74202f491 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_debug.c
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_debug.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #include "intel_debug.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 
-int INTEL_DEBUG = 0;
+uint64_t INTEL_DEBUG = 0;
 
 static const struct dri_debug_control debug_control[] = {
    { "tex",   DEBUG_TEXTURE},
diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_debug.h b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_debug.h
index c01fbb3e0da..d4f1666261b 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_debug.h
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_debug.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  * list of debugging flags, as well as some macros for handling them.
  */
 
-extern int INTEL_DEBUG;
+extern uint64_t INTEL_DEBUG;
 
 #define DEBUG_TEXTURE	  0x1
 #define DEBUG_STATE	  0x2