diff --git a/tools/include/linux/mm.h b/tools/include/linux/mm.h
index 84b5954f66c3..480526de8d65 100644
--- a/tools/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static inline void *phys_to_virt(unsigned long address)
 #define virt_to_phys virt_to_phys
 static inline phys_addr_t virt_to_phys(volatile void *address)
 {
-	return (phys_addr_t)address;
+	return __pa(address);
 }
 
 static inline void totalram_pages_inc(void)