diff --git a/ompi/mca/pml/dr/pml_dr.h b/ompi/mca/pml/dr/pml_dr.h
index 5d466509a4..0261e5c2ed 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/pml/dr/pml_dr.h
+++ b/ompi/mca/pml/dr/pml_dr.h
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
 #if defined(c_plusplus) || defined(__cplusplus)
 extern "C" {
 #endif
+
+typedef uint64_t mca_pml_dr_sequence_t;
+
 /**
  * DR PML module
  */
diff --git a/ompi/mca/pml/dr/pml_dr_recvfrag.c b/ompi/mca/pml/dr/pml_dr_recvfrag.c
index 8e1547933e..c4bb182a6c 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/pml/dr/pml_dr_recvfrag.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/pml/dr/pml_dr_recvfrag.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ do { \
 do {  \
     /* local variables */  \
     mca_pml_dr_recv_request_t *specific_recv, *wild_recv; \
-    mca_pml_sequence_t wild_recv_seq, specific_recv_seq;  \
+    mca_pml_dr_sequence_t wild_recv_seq, specific_recv_seq;  \
     int frag_tag, wild_recv_tag, specific_recv_tag;  \
   \
     /* initialization */  \