diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/videobuffers.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/videobuffers.cpp
index 747b22fa575..95e0eec9971 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/videobuffers.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/videobuffers.cpp
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ QString VideoBuffers::GetStatus(int n) const
         unsigned long long x = to_bitmap(decode);
         for (uint i=0; i<(uint)n; i++)
         {
-            unsigned long long mask = 1<<i;
+            unsigned long long mask = 1ull<<i;
             QString tmp("");
             if (a & mask)
                 tmp += (x & mask) ? "a" : "A";