diff --git a/libs/input/VirtualInputDevice.cpp b/libs/input/VirtualInputDevice.cpp
index af9ce3a..9a459b1 100644
--- a/libs/input/VirtualInputDevice.cpp
+++ b/libs/input/VirtualInputDevice.cpp
@@ -49,11 +49,10 @@
     std::chrono::seconds seconds = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::seconds>(eventTime);
     std::chrono::microseconds microseconds =
             std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(eventTime - seconds);
-    struct input_event ev = {.type = type,
-                             .code = code,
-                             .value = value,
-                             .input_event_sec = static_cast<time_t>(seconds.count()),
-                             .input_event_usec = static_cast<suseconds_t>(microseconds.count())};
+    struct input_event ev = {.type = type, .code = code, .value = value};
+    ev.input_event_sec = static_cast<decltype(ev.input_event_sec)>(seconds.count());
+    ev.input_event_usec = static_cast<decltype(ev.input_event_usec)>(microseconds.count());
+
     return TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(write(mFd, &ev, sizeof(struct input_event))) == sizeof(ev);
 }