diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c
index dd4e14c221e0e07c67c96e2ae06e6c3b755f225e..9fa1bd65a02801db75c759ce8111e7023254561b 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
@@ -1079,9 +1079,9 @@ void ext2_read_inode (struct inode * inode)
 	}
 	inode->i_nlink = le16_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_links_count);
 	inode->i_size = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_size);
-	inode->i_atime.tv_sec = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_atime);
-	inode->i_ctime.tv_sec = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_ctime);
-	inode->i_mtime.tv_sec = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_mtime);
+	inode->i_atime.tv_sec = (signed)le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_atime);
+	inode->i_ctime.tv_sec = (signed)le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_ctime);
+	inode->i_mtime.tv_sec = (signed)le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_mtime);
 	inode->i_atime.tv_nsec = inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec = inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec = 0;
 	ei->i_dtime = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_dtime);
 	/* We now have enough fields to check if the inode was active or not.
diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index a5b150f7e8a2ccb0a46957241ef90e3be0932fe0..2088666e80bad228d6387fe55e384f55033da0a7 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -2608,9 +2608,9 @@ void ext3_read_inode(struct inode * inode)
 	}
 	inode->i_nlink = le16_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_links_count);
 	inode->i_size = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_size);
-	inode->i_atime.tv_sec = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_atime);
-	inode->i_ctime.tv_sec = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_ctime);
-	inode->i_mtime.tv_sec = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_mtime);
+	inode->i_atime.tv_sec = (signed)le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_atime);
+	inode->i_ctime.tv_sec = (signed)le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_ctime);
+	inode->i_mtime.tv_sec = (signed)le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_mtime);
 	inode->i_atime.tv_nsec = inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec = inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec = 0;
 
 	ei->i_state = 0;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 810b6d6474bf787d20049c417474010e90aee7df..053cd1f453cc37887ab4f2cc8c9d066232569596 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2611,9 +2611,9 @@ void ext4_read_inode(struct inode * inode)
 	}
 	inode->i_nlink = le16_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_links_count);
 	inode->i_size = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_size);
-	inode->i_atime.tv_sec = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_atime);
-	inode->i_ctime.tv_sec = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_ctime);
-	inode->i_mtime.tv_sec = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_mtime);
+	inode->i_atime.tv_sec = (signed)le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_atime);
+	inode->i_ctime.tv_sec = (signed)le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_ctime);
+	inode->i_mtime.tv_sec = (signed)le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_mtime);
 	inode->i_atime.tv_nsec = inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec = inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec = 0;
 
 	ei->i_state = 0;