diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/assembler_aarch64.hpp b/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/assembler_aarch64.hpp
index 318c9f424b4..e794bd48743 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/assembler_aarch64.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/assembler_aarch64.hpp
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ class Address {
   static bool offset_ok_for_immed(int64_t offset, int shift) {
     unsigned mask = (1 << shift) - 1;
     if (offset < 0 || offset & mask) {
-      return (uabs(offset) < (1 << (20 - 12))); // Unscaled offset
+      return (uabs((long)offset) < (1 << (20 - 12))); // Unscaled offset
     } else {
       return ((offset >> shift) < (1 << (21 - 10 + 1))); // Scaled, unsigned offset
     }