diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index 8f9d849a0012..5920820bfbd0 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -3841,7 +3841,7 @@ collect_uncached_read_data(struct cifs_aio_ctx *ctx)
 	if (rc == -ENODATA)
 		rc = 0;
 
-	ctx->rc = (rc == 0) ? ctx->total_len : rc;
+	ctx->rc = (rc == 0) ? (ssize_t)ctx->total_len : rc;
 
 	mutex_unlock(&ctx->aio_mutex);