diff --git a/io_uring/cancel.c b/io_uring/cancel.c
index 290ce804c868..14d6ccf57668 100644
--- a/io_uring/cancel.c
+++ b/io_uring/cancel.c
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ int io_sync_cancel(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, void __user *arg)
 	if (ret != -EALREADY)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (sc.timeout.tv_sec != -1UL || sc.timeout.tv_nsec != -1UL) {
+	if (sc.timeout.tv_sec != -1 || sc.timeout.tv_nsec != -1) {
 		struct timespec64 ts = {
 			.tv_sec		= sc.timeout.tv_sec,
 			.tv_nsec	= sc.timeout.tv_nsec