diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index e44f33c82332..c80ffd94086c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -5577,7 +5577,7 @@ bool nested_vmx_exit_reflected(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 exit_reason)
 				vmcs_read32(VM_EXIT_INTR_ERROR_CODE),
 				KVM_ISA_VMX);
 
-	switch (exit_reason) {
+	switch ((u16)exit_reason) {
 	case EXIT_REASON_EXCEPTION_NMI:
 		if (is_nmi(intr_info))
 			return false;