diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 9a5814d8d1942ee008457aa4d6cdeef09a33880c..8f72526e2f68140b49f0e122aba18eaef3bbf335 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -4597,11 +4597,11 @@ static void update_permission_bitmask(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		 */
 
 		/* Faults from writes to non-writable pages */
-		u8 wf = (pfec & PFERR_WRITE_MASK) ? ~w : 0;
+		u8 wf = (pfec & PFERR_WRITE_MASK) ? (u8)~w : 0;
 		/* Faults from user mode accesses to supervisor pages */
-		u8 uf = (pfec & PFERR_USER_MASK) ? ~u : 0;
+		u8 uf = (pfec & PFERR_USER_MASK) ? (u8)~u : 0;
 		/* Faults from fetches of non-executable pages*/
-		u8 ff = (pfec & PFERR_FETCH_MASK) ? ~x : 0;
+		u8 ff = (pfec & PFERR_FETCH_MASK) ? (u8)~x : 0;
 		/* Faults from kernel mode fetches of user pages */
 		u8 smepf = 0;
 		/* Faults from kernel mode accesses of user pages */