phys_addr_t slow_virt_to_phys(void *__virt_addr)
 {
        unsigned long virt_addr = (unsigned long)__virt_addr;
-       unsigned long phys_addr, offset;
+       phys_addr_t phys_addr;
+       unsigned long offset;
        enum pg_level level;
        pte_t *pte;
 
        pte = lookup_address(virt_addr, &level);
        BUG_ON(!pte);
 
+       /*
+        * pXX_pfn() returns unsigned long, which must be cast to phys_addr_t
+        * before being left-shifted PAGE_SHIFT bits -- this trick is to
+        * make 32-PAE kernel work correctly.
+        */
        switch (level) {
        case PG_LEVEL_1G:
-               phys_addr = pud_pfn(*(pud_t *)pte) << PAGE_SHIFT;
+               phys_addr = (phys_addr_t)pud_pfn(*(pud_t *)pte) << PAGE_SHIFT;
                offset = virt_addr & ~PUD_PAGE_MASK;
                break;
        case PG_LEVEL_2M:
-               phys_addr = pmd_pfn(*(pmd_t *)pte) << PAGE_SHIFT;
+               phys_addr = (phys_addr_t)pmd_pfn(*(pmd_t *)pte) << PAGE_SHIFT;
                offset = virt_addr & ~PMD_PAGE_MASK;
                break;
        default:
-               phys_addr = pte_pfn(*pte) << PAGE_SHIFT;
+               phys_addr = (phys_addr_t)pte_pfn(*pte) << PAGE_SHIFT;
                offset = virt_addr & ~PAGE_MASK;
        }