diff --git a/src/journal/sd-journal.c b/src/journal/sd-journal.c
index e021d98155e..15239b5688d 100644
--- a/src/journal/sd-journal.c
+++ b/src/journal/sd-journal.c
@@ -1251,11 +1251,11 @@ static void check_network(sd_journal *j, int fd) {
                 return;
 
         j->on_network =
-                sfs.f_type == (__SWORD_TYPE) CIFS_MAGIC_NUMBER ||
-                sfs.f_type == (__SWORD_TYPE) CODA_SUPER_MAGIC ||
-                sfs.f_type == (__SWORD_TYPE) NCP_SUPER_MAGIC ||
-                sfs.f_type == (__SWORD_TYPE) NFS_SUPER_MAGIC ||
-                sfs.f_type == (__SWORD_TYPE) SMB_SUPER_MAGIC;
+                F_TYPE_CMP(sfs.f_type, CIFS_MAGIC_NUMBER) ||
+                F_TYPE_CMP(sfs.f_type, CODA_SUPER_MAGIC) ||
+                F_TYPE_CMP(sfs.f_type, NCP_SUPER_MAGIC) ||
+                F_TYPE_CMP(sfs.f_type, NFS_SUPER_MAGIC) ||
+                F_TYPE_CMP(sfs.f_type, SMB_SUPER_MAGIC);
 }
 
 static int add_file(sd_journal *j, const char *prefix, const char *filename) {
diff --git a/src/readahead/readahead-collect.c b/src/readahead/readahead-collect.c
index 02ecbe56c9b..75ec5b70c72 100644
--- a/src/readahead/readahead-collect.c
+++ b/src/readahead/readahead-collect.c
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ done:
         on_ssd = fs_on_ssd(root) > 0;
         log_debug("On SSD: %s", yes_no(on_ssd));
 
-        on_btrfs = statfs(root, &sfs) >= 0 && sfs.f_type == (__SWORD_TYPE) BTRFS_SUPER_MAGIC;
+        on_btrfs = statfs(root, &sfs) >= 0 && F_TYPE_CMP(sfs.f_type, BTRFS_SUPER_MAGIC);
         log_debug("On btrfs: %s", yes_no(on_btrfs));
 
         if (asprintf(&pack_fn_new, "%s/.readahead.new", root) < 0) {
diff --git a/src/shared/macro.h b/src/shared/macro.h
index 9bf81dc3cc5..ac61b495883 100644
--- a/src/shared/macro.h
+++ b/src/shared/macro.h
@@ -264,6 +264,13 @@ do {                                                                    \
         }                                                               \
 } while(false)
 
+ /* Because statfs.t_type can be int on some architecures, we have to cast
+  * the const magic to the type, otherwise the compiler warns about
+  * signed/unsigned comparison, because the magic can be 32 bit unsigned.
+ */
+#define F_TYPE_CMP(a, b) (a == (typeof(a)) b)
+
+
 /* Returns the number of chars needed to format variables of the
  * specified type as a decimal string. Adds in extra space for a
  * negative '-' prefix. */
diff --git a/src/shared/util.c b/src/shared/util.c
index 5d03272619a..1fc6c5aa1ad 100644
--- a/src/shared/util.c
+++ b/src/shared/util.c
@@ -2779,8 +2779,9 @@ int rm_rf_children_dangerous(int fd, bool only_dirs, bool honour_sticky, struct
 
 static int is_temporary_fs(struct statfs *s) {
         assert(s);
-        return s->f_type == (__SWORD_TYPE) TMPFS_MAGIC ||
-                s->f_type == (__SWORD_TYPE) RAMFS_MAGIC;
+        return
+                F_TYPE_CMP(s->f_type, TMPFS_MAGIC) ||
+                F_TYPE_CMP(s->f_type, RAMFS_MAGIC);
 }
 
 int rm_rf_children(int fd, bool only_dirs, bool honour_sticky, struct stat *root_dev) {