diff --git a/target-mips/dsp_helper.c b/target-mips/dsp_helper.c
index 6781da8214c841da698309290acf73f641154035..841f47b91db9ac999cd9fa77a377a369a7e8303d 100644
--- a/target-mips/dsp_helper.c
+++ b/target-mips/dsp_helper.c
@@ -2689,7 +2689,7 @@ MAQ_SA_W(maq_sa_w_phr, 0);
 target_ulong helper_##name(target_ulong rs, target_ulong rt,   \
                            CPUMIPSState *env)                  \
 {                                                              \
-    uint32_t rs_t, rt_t;                                       \
+    int32_t rs_t, rt_t;                                        \
     int32_t tempI;                                             \
     int64_t tempL;                                             \
                                                                \
diff --git a/tests/tcg/mips/mips32-dspr2/mulq_rs_w.c b/tests/tcg/mips/mips32-dspr2/mulq_rs_w.c
index 669405faf1be0ea30a72eada1b5d41fc72fc258f..7ba633bc17f779b55460c3ded09b71b71923a562 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/mips/mips32-dspr2/mulq_rs_w.c
+++ b/tests/tcg/mips/mips32-dspr2/mulq_rs_w.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ int main()
 
     rs = 0x80001234;
     rt = 0x80004321;
-    result = 0x80005555;
+    result = 0x7FFFAAAB;
 
     __asm
         ("mulq_rs.w %0, %1, %2\n\t"
diff --git a/tests/tcg/mips/mips32-dspr2/mulq_s_w.c b/tests/tcg/mips/mips32-dspr2/mulq_s_w.c
index df148b7ffbf0a7cf241c4cdc1b80866058bf957d..9c2be06cc08afbd888890130ca5142f9e96af64e 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/mips/mips32-dspr2/mulq_s_w.c
+++ b/tests/tcg/mips/mips32-dspr2/mulq_s_w.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ int main()
 
     rs = 0x80001234;
     rt = 0x80004321;
-    result = 0x80005555;
+    result = 0x7FFFAAAB;
 
     __asm
         ("mulq_s.w %0, %1, %2\n\t"