diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
index 46700f9b6b4c..dcef83c8796d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
 #define OCFS2_MAX_SLOTS			255
 
 /* Slot map indicator for an empty slot */
-#define OCFS2_INVALID_SLOT		-1
+#define OCFS2_INVALID_SLOT		((u16)-1)
 
 #define OCFS2_VOL_UUID_LEN		16
 #define OCFS2_MAX_VOL_LABEL_LEN		64