diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/randomalloc.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/randomalloc.c
index 7e1852859550..c41e7b2091cd 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/randomalloc.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/randomalloc.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ efi_status_t efi_random_alloc(unsigned long size,
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		target = round_up(max(md->phys_addr, alloc_min), align) + target_slot * align;
+		target = round_up(max_t(u64, md->phys_addr, alloc_min), align) + target_slot * align;
 		pages = size / EFI_PAGE_SIZE;
 
 		status = efi_bs_call(allocate_pages, EFI_ALLOCATE_ADDRESS,