diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/device.h b/include/linux/mlx5/device.h
index 7b6cd67a263f..dd9a263ed368 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx5/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx5/device.h
@@ -67,10 +67,11 @@
 
 /* insert a value to a struct */
 #define MLX5_SET(typ, p, fld, v) do { \
+	u32 _v = v; \
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(__mlx5_st_sz_bits(typ) % 32);             \
 	*((__be32 *)(p) + __mlx5_dw_off(typ, fld)) = \
 	cpu_to_be32((be32_to_cpu(*((__be32 *)(p) + __mlx5_dw_off(typ, fld))) & \
-		     (~__mlx5_dw_mask(typ, fld))) | (((v) & __mlx5_mask(typ, fld)) \
+		     (~__mlx5_dw_mask(typ, fld))) | (((_v) & __mlx5_mask(typ, fld)) \
 		     << __mlx5_dw_bit_off(typ, fld))); \
 } while (0)