diff --git a/modules/dnn/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/dnn/CMakeLists.txt
index 318ef47846e..0bcd7735527 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/dnn/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
-
-if(APPLE_FRAMEWORK OR WINRT
-    OR AARCH64 # protobuf doesn't know this platform
-)
+if(WINRT)
   ocv_module_disable(dnn)
 endif()
 
@@ -29,6 +25,10 @@ else()
   )
 endif()
 
+if(APPLE_FRAMEWORK)
+  ocv_warnings_disable(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS -Wshorten-64-to-32)
+endif()
+
 if(ANDROID)
   add_definitions(-DDISABLE_POSIX_MEMALIGN -DTH_DISABLE_HEAP_TRACKING)
 endif()
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/torch/THDiskFile.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/torch/THDiskFile.cpp
index 06f8b854db2..d123c1047b8 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/torch/THDiskFile.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/torch/THDiskFile.cpp
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ const char *THDiskFile_name(THFile *self)
 
 /* workaround mac osx lion ***insane*** fread bug */
 #ifdef __APPLE__
-size_t fread__(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nitems, FILE *stream)
+static size_t fread__(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nitems, FILE *stream)
 {
   size_t nread = 0;
   while(!feof(stream) && !ferror(stream) && (nread < nitems))
-    nread += fread((char*)ptr+nread*size, size, THMin(2147483648/size, nitems-nread), stream);
+    nread += fread((char*)ptr+nread*size, size, THMin(2147483648UL/size, nitems-nread), stream);
   return nread;
 }
 #else