diff --git a/lib/easy.c b/lib/easy.c
index a5819349507eedcb14d0f74159f7471e13758cbe..15558594d641aa8b3c3dc5ce6f8391f79cc0a53f 100644
--- a/lib/easy.c
+++ b/lib/easy.c
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ CURLcode curl_easy_recv(CURL *curl, void *buffer, size_t buflen, size_t *n)
     return CURLE_AGAIN;
 
   if(ret1 != CURLE_OK)
-    return ret1;
+    return (CURLcode)ret1;
 
   *n = (size_t)n1;