diff --git a/lib/test_vmalloc.c b/lib/test_vmalloc.c
index d0c0cbe1913d..4ddf769861ff 100644
--- a/lib/test_vmalloc.c
+++ b/lib/test_vmalloc.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static int align_shift_alloc_test(void)
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < BITS_PER_LONG; i++) {
-		align = ((unsigned long) 1) << i;
+		align = 1UL << i;
 
 		ptr = __vmalloc_node(PAGE_SIZE, align, GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO, 0,
 				__builtin_return_address(0));