diff --git a/libc/src/__support/FPUtil/FPBits.h b/libc/src/__support/FPUtil/FPBits.h
index bee8d0a8dc47d..4fa3bc30ecd12 100644
--- a/libc/src/__support/FPUtil/FPBits.h
+++ b/libc/src/__support/FPUtil/FPBits.h
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ struct FPRepImpl : public FPRepSem<fp_type, RetT> {
       result.set_significand(number);
       result.set_biased_exponent(static_cast<StorageType>(ep + 1));
     } else {
-      result.set_significand(number >> -ep);
+      result.set_significand(number >> static_cast<unsigned>(-ep));
     }
     return RetT(result.uintval());
   }