diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/vm.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/vm.c
index 0ace5abe8..f2a38f7cb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/vm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/vm.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ u64 nvgpu_vm_map(struct vm_gk20a *vm,
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto clean_up;
 	} else {
-		bfr.kind_v = kind;
+		bfr.kind_v = (u8)kind;
 	}
 	bfr.size = dmabuf->size;
 	sgl = bfr.sgt->sgl;