diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index a384f169aa00..e89edbd3ac38 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -5174,7 +5174,8 @@ static inline void
 update_tg_cfs_runnable(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se, struct cfs_rq *gcfs_rq)
 {
 	long delta_sum, delta_avg = gcfs_rq->avg.runnable_avg - se->avg.runnable_avg;
-	u32 new_sum, divider;
+	u64 new_sum;
+	u32 divider;
 
 	/* Nothing to update */
 	if (!delta_avg)
@@ -5188,7 +5189,7 @@ update_tg_cfs_runnable(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se, struct cf
 
 	/* Set new sched_entity's runnable */
 	se->avg.runnable_avg = gcfs_rq->avg.runnable_avg;
-	new_sum = se->avg.runnable_avg * divider;
+	new_sum = (u64)se->avg.runnable_avg * divider;
 	delta_sum = (long)new_sum - (long)se->avg.runnable_sum;
 	se->avg.runnable_sum = new_sum;