diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index b62886f10dc1..e7fe5974c81c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -8207,7 +8207,7 @@ static bool nested_vmx_exit_handled(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	switch (exit_reason) {
+	switch ((u16)exit_reason) {
 	case EXIT_REASON_EXCEPTION_NMI:
 		if (is_nmi(intr_info))
 			return false;