diff --git a/include/asm-generic/cputime_nsecs.h b/include/asm-generic/cputime_nsecs.h
index 2c9e62c2bfd0..768294f8bf85 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/cputime_nsecs.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/cputime_nsecs.h
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ typedef u64 __nocast cputime64_t;
 /*
  * Convert cputime <-> nanoseconds
  */
-#define nsecs_to_cputime(__nsecs)	((__force u64)(__nsecs))
+#define nsecs_to_cputime(__nsecs)	\
+	(__force cputime_t)(__nsecs)
 
 
 /*