diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index c8842036508..d69d8ec1138 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -5643,7 +5643,7 @@ struct rtnl_link_stats64 *dev_get_stats(struct net_device *dev,
 	} else {
 		netdev_stats_to_stats64(storage, &dev->stats);
 	}
-	storage->rx_dropped += atomic_long_read(&dev->rx_dropped);
+	storage->rx_dropped += (unsigned long)atomic_long_read(&dev->rx_dropped);
 	return storage;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_stats);