diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index f08c287b62426339323cd18274e9fea258ed377b..2c4baff7553b017f1e956b8f19e9c45b42793d42 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -9683,7 +9683,7 @@ static bool nested_vmx_exit_reflected(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 exit_reason)
 				vmcs_read32(VM_EXIT_INTR_ERROR_CODE),
 				KVM_ISA_VMX);
 
-	switch (exit_reason) {
+	switch ((u16)exit_reason) {
 	case EXIT_REASON_EXCEPTION_NMI:
 		if (is_nmi(intr_info))
 			return false;