diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msi.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msi.h
index b85147d75626e366422b7ed9d290e19ff19c3a4e..d71c7e8b738d2a309335f61b236079721568d85c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msi.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msi.h
@@ -12,14 +12,17 @@ int pci_msi_prepare(struct irq_domain *domain, struct device *dev, int nvec,
 /* Structs and defines for the X86 specific MSI message format */
 
 typedef struct x86_msi_data {
-	u32	vector			:  8,
-		delivery_mode		:  3,
-		dest_mode_logical	:  1,
-		reserved		:  2,
-		active_low		:  1,
-		is_level		:  1;
-
-	u32	dmar_subhandle;
+	union {
+		struct {
+			u32	vector			:  8,
+				delivery_mode		:  3,
+				dest_mode_logical	:  1,
+				reserved		:  2,
+				active_low		:  1,
+				is_level		:  1;
+		};
+		u32	dmar_subhandle;
+	};
 } __attribute__ ((packed)) arch_msi_msg_data_t;
 #define arch_msi_msg_data	x86_msi_data