diff --git a/arch/mips/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/mips/kvm/emulate.c
index 4b50c5787e25..d5fa3eaf39a1 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -2409,7 +2409,7 @@ enum emulation_result kvm_mips_complete_mmio_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		if (vcpu->mmio_needed == 2)
 			*gpr = *(int16_t *) run->mmio.data;
 		else
-			*gpr = *(int16_t *) run->mmio.data;
+			*gpr = *(uint16_t *)run->mmio.data;
 
 		break;
 	case 1: