diff --git a/src/defrag-timeout.c b/src/defrag-timeout.c
index d8cc8cc59b..57fda56763 100644
--- a/src/defrag-timeout.c
+++ b/src/defrag-timeout.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static int DefragTrackerTimedOut(DefragTracker *dt, struct timeval *ts) {
     }
 
     /* retain if remove is not set and not timed out */
-    if (!dt->remove && dt->timeout > ts->tv_sec)
+    if (!dt->remove && dt->timeout > (uint32_t)ts->tv_sec)
         return 0;
 
     return 1;