diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c
index c078f1af721c..4d6b7e2df2aa 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ static void task_new_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
 	 * -granularity/2, so initialize the task with that:
 	 */
 	if (sysctl_sched_features & SCHED_FEAT_START_DEBIT)
-		p->se.wait_runtime = -(sysctl_sched_granularity / 2);
+		p->se.wait_runtime = -((long)sysctl_sched_granularity / 2);
 
 	__enqueue_entity(cfs_rq, se);
 }