diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index d3b5f5faf8c1..02e5774cabb6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ static void create_tasks(struct perf_sched *sched)
 	err = pthread_attr_init(&attr);
 	BUG_ON(err);
 	err = pthread_attr_setstacksize(&attr,
-			(size_t) max(16 * 1024, PTHREAD_STACK_MIN));
+			(size_t) max(16 * 1024, (int)PTHREAD_STACK_MIN));
 	BUG_ON(err);
 	err = pthread_mutex_lock(&sched->start_work_mutex);
 	BUG_ON(err);