diff --git a/lib/ssh.c b/lib/ssh.c
index 0df7a09917e7f09c15887261e644238fa26974a2..67995058a53bdef073cbe730019c0de18af90e56 100644
--- a/lib/ssh.c
+++ b/lib/ssh.c
@@ -2444,7 +2444,7 @@ static CURLcode ssh_easy_statemach(struct connectdata *conn,
       }
       /* wait for the socket to become ready */
       Curl_socket_ready(fd_read, fd_write,
-                        left>1000?1000:left); /* ignore result */
+                        (int)(left>1000?1000:left)); /* ignore result */
     }
 #endif