diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
index f7c54ece3733..4de2ec94b08c 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
@@ -114,12 +114,13 @@ static void l2tp_eth_get_stats64(struct net_device *dev,
 {
 	struct l2tp_eth *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 
-	stats->tx_bytes   = atomic_long_read(&priv->tx_bytes);
-	stats->tx_packets = atomic_long_read(&priv->tx_packets);
-	stats->tx_dropped = atomic_long_read(&priv->tx_dropped);
-	stats->rx_bytes   = atomic_long_read(&priv->rx_bytes);
-	stats->rx_packets = atomic_long_read(&priv->rx_packets);
-	stats->rx_errors  = atomic_long_read(&priv->rx_errors);
+	stats->tx_bytes   = (unsigned long) atomic_long_read(&priv->tx_bytes);
+	stats->tx_packets = (unsigned long) atomic_long_read(&priv->tx_packets);
+	stats->tx_dropped = (unsigned long) atomic_long_read(&priv->tx_dropped);
+	stats->rx_bytes   = (unsigned long) atomic_long_read(&priv->rx_bytes);
+	stats->rx_packets = (unsigned long) atomic_long_read(&priv->rx_packets);
+	stats->rx_errors  = (unsigned long) atomic_long_read(&priv->rx_errors);
+
 }
 
 static const struct net_device_ops l2tp_eth_netdev_ops = {