diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-05-24-11-47-08.gh-issue-69214.Grl6zF.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-05-24-11-47-08.gh-issue-69214.Grl6zF.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c3a36c9f56..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-05-24-11-47-08.gh-issue-69214.Grl6zF.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Fix ``fcntl.ioctl()`` *request* parameter: use an ``unsigned long`` instead of
-an ``unsigned int`` for the *request* parameter of :func:`fcntl.ioctl` to
-support requests larger than ``UINT_MAX``. Patch by Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Modules/clinic/fcntlmodule.c.h b/Modules/clinic/fcntlmodule.c.h
index 53b139e09af..d4846ddf8df 100644
--- a/Modules/clinic/fcntlmodule.c.h
+++ b/Modules/clinic/fcntlmodule.c.h
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(fcntl_ioctl__doc__,
     {"ioctl", (PyCFunction)(void(*)(void))fcntl_ioctl, METH_FASTCALL, fcntl_ioctl__doc__},
 
 static PyObject *
-fcntl_ioctl_impl(PyObject *module, int fd, unsigned long code,
+fcntl_ioctl_impl(PyObject *module, int fd, unsigned int code,
                  PyObject *ob_arg, int mutate_arg);
 
 static PyObject *
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ fcntl_ioctl(PyObject *module, PyObject *const *args, Py_ssize_t nargs)
 {
     PyObject *return_value = NULL;
     int fd;
-    unsigned long code;
+    unsigned int code;
     PyObject *ob_arg = NULL;
     int mutate_arg = 1;
 
@@ -120,11 +120,10 @@ fcntl_ioctl(PyObject *module, PyObject *const *args, Py_ssize_t nargs)
     if (fd < 0) {
         goto exit;
     }
-    if (!PyLong_Check(args[1])) {
-        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "ioctl() argument 2 must be int, not %T", args[1]);
+    code = (unsigned int)PyLong_AsUnsignedLongMask(args[1]);
+    if (code == (unsigned int)-1 && PyErr_Occurred()) {
         goto exit;
     }
-    code = PyLong_AsUnsignedLongMask(args[1]);
     if (nargs < 3) {
         goto skip_optional;
     }
@@ -264,4 +263,4 @@ skip_optional:
 exit:
     return return_value;
 }
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=45a56f53fd17ff3c input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=26793691ab1c75ba input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
diff --git a/Modules/fcntlmodule.c b/Modules/fcntlmodule.c
index 873bdf2ac06..b6eeec2c66f 100644
--- a/Modules/fcntlmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/fcntlmodule.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ fcntl_fcntl_impl(PyObject *module, int fd, int code, PyObject *arg)
 fcntl.ioctl
 
     fd: fildes
-    request as code: unsigned_long(bitwise=True)
+    request as code: unsigned_int(bitwise=True)
     arg as ob_arg: object(c_default='NULL') = 0
     mutate_flag as mutate_arg: bool = True
     /
@@ -148,9 +148,9 @@ code.
 [clinic start generated code]*/
 
 static PyObject *
-fcntl_ioctl_impl(PyObject *module, int fd, unsigned long code,
+fcntl_ioctl_impl(PyObject *module, int fd, unsigned int code,
                  PyObject *ob_arg, int mutate_arg)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=3d8eb6828666cea1 input=cee70f6a27311e58]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=7f7f5840c65991be input=967b4a4cbeceb0a8]*/
 {
 #define IOCTL_BUFSZ 1024
     /* We use the unsigned non-checked 'I' format for the 'code' parameter