diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/mte/check_gcr_el1_cswitch.c b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/mte/check_gcr_el1_cswitch.c
index d23f154d3288..5d9dc8bcfbf5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/mte/check_gcr_el1_cswitch.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/mte/check_gcr_el1_cswitch.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ void *execute_thread(void *x)
 int execute_test(pid_t pid)
 {
 	pthread_t thread_id[MAX_THREADS];
-	int thread_data[MAX_THREADS];
+	intptr_t thread_data[MAX_THREADS];
 
 	for (int i = 0; i < MAX_THREADS; i++)
 		pthread_create(&thread_id[i], NULL,