diff --git a/lib/bch.c b/lib/bch.c
index 9561c0828802..ef733f08082f 100644
--- a/lib/bch.c
+++ b/lib/bch.c
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ static void compute_syndromes(struct bch_control *bch, uint32_t *ecc,
 			for (j = 0; j < 2*t; j += 2)
 				syn[j] ^= a_pow(bch, (j+1)*(i+s));
 
-			poly ^= (1 << i);
+			poly ^= (1u << i);
 		}
 	} while (s > 0);
 
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ static int find_poly_deg2_roots(struct bch_control *bch, struct gf_poly *poly,
 		while (v) {
 			i = deg(v);
 			r ^= bch->xi_tab[i];
-			v ^= (1 << i);
+			v ^= (1u << i);
 		}
 		/* verify root */
 		if ((gf_sqr(bch, r)^r) == u) {