diff --git a/arch/nios2/include/asm/checksum.h b/arch/nios2/include/asm/checksum.h
index 69004e07a1ba..b6b415ae17a0 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/include/asm/checksum.h
+++ b/arch/nios2/include/asm/checksum.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static inline __sum16 csum_fold(__wsum sum)
 		"add	%0, %0, r8\n"
 		"nor	%0, %0, %0\n"
 		: "=r" (sum)
-		: "r" (sum << 16), "0" (sum)
+		: "r" ((__force u32)sum << 16), "0" (sum)
 		: "r8");
 	return (__force __sum16) sum;
 }