diff --git a/fs/ufs/super.c b/fs/ufs/super.c
index a4e07e910f1b..6e59e45d7bfb 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/super.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static struct inode *ufs_nfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, u64 ino, u32 gene
 	struct ufs_sb_private_info *uspi = UFS_SB(sb)->s_uspi;
 	struct inode *inode;
 
-	if (ino < UFS_ROOTINO || ino > uspi->s_ncg * uspi->s_ipg)
+	if (ino < UFS_ROOTINO || ino > (u64)uspi->s_ncg * uspi->s_ipg)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
 
 	inode = ufs_iget(sb, ino);