diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
index 58c881f2725b..3356ac5a1fa0 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
@@ -1357,7 +1357,7 @@ omap_hsmmc_prepare_data(struct omap_hsmmc_host *host, struct mmc_request *req)
 	if (req->data == NULL) {
 		OMAP_HSMMC_WRITE(host->base, BLK, 0);
 		if (req->cmd->flags & MMC_RSP_BUSY) {
-			timeout = req->cmd->busy_timeout * NSEC_PER_MSEC;
+			timeout = (u64)req->cmd->busy_timeout * NSEC_PER_MSEC;
 
 			/*
 			 * Set an arbitrary 100ms data timeout for commands with