diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/sstep.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/sstep.c
index c4cda1afb49d3e0fe597040f8fa8580cc944f0bf..5e8418c28bd884bd854818755b61b06fcff776e6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/sstep.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/sstep.c
@@ -1651,8 +1651,9 @@ int analyse_instr(struct instruction_op *op, const struct pt_regs *regs,
 			goto arith_done;
 
 		case 235:	/* mullw */
-			op->val = (unsigned int) regs->gpr[ra] *
-				(unsigned int) regs->gpr[rb];
+			op->val = (long)(int) regs->gpr[ra] *
+				(int) regs->gpr[rb];
+
 			goto arith_done;
 
 		case 266:	/* add */