diff --git a/libs/ui/GraphicBuffer.cpp b/libs/ui/GraphicBuffer.cpp
index 3732fee..429760f 100644
--- a/libs/ui/GraphicBuffer.cpp
+++ b/libs/ui/GraphicBuffer.cpp
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@
         if (flattenWordCount == 13) {
             usage = (uint64_t(buf[12]) << 32) | uint32_t(buf[6]);
         } else {
-            usage = uint64_t(usage_deprecated);
+            usage = uint64_t(ANDROID_NATIVE_UNSIGNED_CAST(usage_deprecated));
         }
         native_handle* h =
                 native_handle_create(static_cast<int>(numFds), static_cast<int>(numInts));