diff --git a/utils/src/sparse.h b/utils/src/sparse.h
index 24956150..58e54656 100644
--- a/utils/src/sparse.h
+++ b/utils/src/sparse.h
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ typedef u32 __u32;
 typedef s32 __s32;
 typedef u64 __u64;
 
+#define U16_MAX ((u16)~0)
+
 typedef u16 __bitwise __le16;
 typedef u16 __bitwise __be16;
 typedef u32 __bitwise __le32;