diff --git a/fs/ufs/inode.c b/fs/ufs/inode.c
index 9f4590261134085cbabcea1ee9a72382239ba479..7b1b810a8ab1aa2a3f07537e1a04f9ed29d5f98a 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/inode.c
@@ -578,9 +578,9 @@ static int ufs1_read_inode(struct inode *inode, struct ufs_inode *ufs_inode)
 	i_gid_write(inode, ufs_get_inode_gid(sb, ufs_inode));
 
 	inode->i_size = fs64_to_cpu(sb, ufs_inode->ui_size);
-	inode->i_atime.tv_sec = fs32_to_cpu(sb, ufs_inode->ui_atime.tv_sec);
-	inode->i_ctime.tv_sec = fs32_to_cpu(sb, ufs_inode->ui_ctime.tv_sec);
-	inode->i_mtime.tv_sec = fs32_to_cpu(sb, ufs_inode->ui_mtime.tv_sec);
+	inode->i_atime.tv_sec = (signed)fs32_to_cpu(sb, ufs_inode->ui_atime.tv_sec);
+	inode->i_ctime.tv_sec = (signed)fs32_to_cpu(sb, ufs_inode->ui_ctime.tv_sec);
+	inode->i_mtime.tv_sec = (signed)fs32_to_cpu(sb, ufs_inode->ui_mtime.tv_sec);
 	inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec = 0;
 	inode->i_atime.tv_nsec = 0;
 	inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec = 0;