diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifs_unicode.c b/fs/cifs/cifs_unicode.c
index 99a096d3f84d679d668807d5081baf4beeabc95f..4e12053f0806bed870906a3280d428ad8a9d9186 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifs_unicode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifs_unicode.c
@@ -74,10 +74,11 @@ cifs_strtoUCS(wchar_t * to, const char *from, int len,
 			cERROR(1,
 			       ("cifs_strtoUCS: char2uni returned %d",
 				charlen));
-			to[i] = cpu_to_le16(0x003f);	/* a question mark */
+			/* A question mark */
+			to[i] = (wchar_t)cpu_to_le16(0x003f);
 			charlen = 1;
 		} else 
-			to[i] = cpu_to_le16(to[i]);
+			to[i] = (wchar_t)cpu_to_le16(to[i]);
 
 	}