diff --git a/ringbuf/ring.go b/ringbuf/ring.go
index c61b38cf1..40c566488 100644
--- a/ringbuf/ring.go
+++ b/ringbuf/ring.go
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ func newRingBufEventRing(mapFD, size int) (*ringbufEventRing, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't mmap data pages: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	cons_pos := (*uint64)(unsafe.Pointer(&cons[0]))
-	prod_pos := (*uint64)(unsafe.Pointer(&prod[0]))
+	cons_pos := (*uintptr)(unsafe.Pointer(&cons[0]))
+	prod_pos := (*uintptr)(unsafe.Pointer(&prod[0]))
 
 	ring := &ringbufEventRing{
 		prod:       prod,
@@ -58,17 +58,17 @@ func (ring *ringbufEventRing) Close() {
 
 type ringReader struct {
 	// These point into mmap'ed memory and must be accessed atomically.
-	prod_pos, cons_pos *uint64
-	mask               uint64
+	prod_pos, cons_pos *uintptr
+	mask               uintptr
 	ring               []byte
 }
 
-func newRingReader(cons_ptr, prod_ptr *uint64, ring []byte) *ringReader {
+func newRingReader(cons_ptr, prod_ptr *uintptr, ring []byte) *ringReader {
 	return &ringReader{
 		prod_pos: prod_ptr,
 		cons_pos: cons_ptr,
 		// cap is always a power of two
-		mask: uint64(cap(ring)/2 - 1),
+		mask: uintptr(cap(ring)/2 - 1),
 		ring: ring,
 	}
 }
@@ -82,15 +82,15 @@ func (rr *ringReader) size() int {
 
 // The amount of data available to read in the ring buffer.
 func (rr *ringReader) AvailableBytes() uint64 {
-	prod := atomic.LoadUint64(rr.prod_pos)
-	cons := atomic.LoadUint64(rr.cons_pos)
-	return prod - cons
+	prod := atomic.LoadUintptr(rr.prod_pos)
+	cons := atomic.LoadUintptr(rr.cons_pos)
+	return uint64(prod - cons)
 }
 
 // Read a record from an event ring.
 func (rr *ringReader) readRecord(rec *Record) error {
-	prod := atomic.LoadUint64(rr.prod_pos)
-	cons := atomic.LoadUint64(rr.cons_pos)
+	prod := atomic.LoadUintptr(rr.prod_pos)
+	cons := atomic.LoadUintptr(rr.cons_pos)
 
 	for {
 		if remaining := prod - cons; remaining == 0 {
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func (rr *ringReader) readRecord(rec *Record) error {
 		cons += sys.BPF_RINGBUF_HDR_SZ
 
 		// Data is always padded to 8 byte alignment.
-		dataLenAligned := uint64(internal.Align(header.dataLen(), 8))
+		dataLenAligned := uintptr(internal.Align(header.dataLen(), 8))
 		if remaining := prod - cons; remaining < dataLenAligned {
 			return fmt.Errorf("read sample data: %w", io.ErrUnexpectedEOF)
 		}
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func (rr *ringReader) readRecord(rec *Record) error {
 			// when the record header indicates that the data should be
 			// discarded, we skip it by just updating the consumer position
 			// to the next record.
-			atomic.StoreUint64(rr.cons_pos, cons)
+			atomic.StoreUintptr(rr.cons_pos, cons)
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func (rr *ringReader) readRecord(rec *Record) error {
 
 		copy(rec.RawSample, rr.ring[start:])
 		rec.Remaining = int(prod - cons)
-		atomic.StoreUint64(rr.cons_pos, cons)
+		atomic.StoreUintptr(rr.cons_pos, cons)
 		return nil
 	}
 }