diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c
index 576be554d83d..5a77d9129611 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c
@@ -337,12 +337,11 @@ static unsigned int choose_freq(struct interactive_cpu *icpu,
 static u64 update_load(struct interactive_cpu *icpu, int cpu)
 {
 	struct interactive_tunables *tunables = icpu->ipolicy->tunables;
-	unsigned int delta_idle, delta_time;
-	u64 now_idle, now, active_time;
+	u64 now_idle, now, active_time, delta_idle, delta_time;
 
 	now_idle = get_cpu_idle_time(cpu, &now, tunables->io_is_busy);
-	delta_idle = (unsigned int)(now_idle - icpu->time_in_idle);
-	delta_time = (unsigned int)(now - icpu->time_in_idle_timestamp);
+	delta_idle = (now_idle - icpu->time_in_idle);
+	delta_time = (now - icpu->time_in_idle_timestamp);
 
 	if (delta_time <= delta_idle)
 		active_time = 0;