static irqreturn_t
 _base_interrupt(int irq, void *bus_id)
 {
+       union reply_descriptor {
+               u64 word;
+               struct {
+                       u32 low;
+                       u32 high;
+               } u;
+       };
+       union reply_descriptor rd;
        u32 post_index, post_index_next, completed_cmds;
        u8 request_desript_type;
        u16 smid;
 
        completed_cmds = 0;
        do {
-               if (ioc->reply_post_free[post_index].Words == ~0ULL)
+               rd.word = ioc->reply_post_free[post_index].Words;
+               if (rd.u.low == UINT_MAX || rd.u.high == UINT_MAX)
                        goto out;
                reply = 0;
                cb_idx = 0xFF;
        for (i = 0 ; i < completed_cmds; i++) {
                post_index = post_index_next;
                /* poison the reply post descriptor */
-               ioc->reply_post_free[post_index_next].Words = ~0ULL;
+               ioc->reply_post_free[post_index_next].Words = ULLONG_MAX;
                post_index_next = (post_index ==
                    (ioc->reply_post_queue_depth - 1))
                    ? 0 : post_index + 1;
 
        /* initialize Reply Post Free Queue */
        for (i = 0; i < ioc->reply_post_queue_depth; i++)
-               ioc->reply_post_free[i].Words = ~0ULL;
+               ioc->reply_post_free[i].Words = ULLONG_MAX;
 
        r = _base_send_ioc_init(ioc, VF_ID, sleep_flag);
        if (r)