diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c
index c12e9f79b0..7740fc613f 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
  * Use QEMU_VMALLOC_ALIGN, so no THP will have to be split when unplugging
  * memory (e.g., 2MB on x86_64).
  */
-#define VIRTIO_MEM_MIN_BLOCK_SIZE QEMU_VMALLOC_ALIGN
+#define VIRTIO_MEM_MIN_BLOCK_SIZE ((uint32_t)QEMU_VMALLOC_ALIGN)
 /*
  * Size the usable region bigger than the requested size if possible. Esp.
  * Linux guests will only add (aligned) memory blocks in case they fully