diff --git a/elf_ops.h b/elf_ops.h
index 173d12f05a..646a569b28 100644
--- a/elf_ops.h
+++ b/elf_ops.h
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ int glue(load_elf, SZ)(int fd, int64_t virt_to_phys_addend,
         goto fail;
 
     if (pentry)
-   	*pentry = (uint64_t)ehdr.e_entry;
+   	*pentry = (uint64_t)(elf_sword)ehdr.e_entry;
 
     glue(load_symbols, SZ)(&ehdr, fd, must_swab);
 
@@ -206,9 +206,9 @@ int glue(load_elf, SZ)(int fd, int64_t virt_to_phys_addend,
     }
     qemu_free(phdr);
     if (lowaddr)
-        *lowaddr = (uint64_t)low;
+        *lowaddr = (uint64_t)(elf_sword)low;
     if (highaddr)
-        *highaddr = (uint64_t)high;
+        *highaddr = (uint64_t)(elf_sword)high;
     return total_size;
  fail:
     qemu_free(data);
diff --git a/loader.c b/loader.c
index 40bcaf6204..c39cb55352 100644
--- a/loader.c
+++ b/loader.c
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ static void *load_at(int fd, int offset, int size)
 
 #define SZ		32
 #define elf_word        uint32_t
+#define elf_sword        int32_t
 #define bswapSZs	bswap32s
 #include "elf_ops.h"
 
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@ static void *load_at(int fd, int offset, int size)
 #undef elf_sym
 #undef elf_note
 #undef elf_word
+#undef elf_sword
 #undef bswapSZs
 #undef SZ
 #define elfhdr		elf64_hdr
@@ -190,6 +192,7 @@ static void *load_at(int fd, int offset, int size)
 #define elf_shdr	elf64_shdr
 #define elf_sym		elf64_sym
 #define elf_word        uint64_t
+#define elf_sword        int64_t
 #define bswapSZs	bswap64s
 #define SZ		64
 #include "elf_ops.h"