diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index 67d27bc40143..23d84d063197 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -4406,7 +4406,7 @@ void nested_vmx_vmexit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 exit_reason,
 	vcpu->arch.mp_state = KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE;
 
 	if (likely(!vmx->fail)) {
-		if (exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_EXTERNAL_INTERRUPT &&
+		if ((u16)exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_EXTERNAL_INTERRUPT &&
 		    nested_exit_intr_ack_set(vcpu)) {
 			int irq = kvm_cpu_get_interrupt(vcpu);
 			WARN_ON(irq < 0);