diff --git a/libc/src/sys/time/linux/utimes.cpp b/libc/src/sys/time/linux/utimes.cpp
index ed37b42aedf6c..9c00ce9909f2f 100644
--- a/libc/src/sys/time/linux/utimes.cpp
+++ b/libc/src/sys/time/linux/utimes.cpp
@@ -59,8 +59,10 @@ LLVM_LIBC_FUNCTION(int, utimes,
     ts[1].tv_sec = times[1].tv_sec;
 
     // convert u-seconds to nanoseconds
-    ts[0].tv_nsec = times[0].tv_usec * 1000;
-    ts[1].tv_nsec = times[1].tv_usec * 1000;
+    ts[0].tv_nsec =
+        static_cast<decltype(ts[0].tv_nsec)>(times[0].tv_usec * 1000);
+    ts[1].tv_nsec =
+        static_cast<decltype(ts[1].tv_nsec)>(times[1].tv_usec * 1000);
 
     ts_ptr = ts;
   }