diff --git a/src/plugins/dpdk/cryptodev/cryptodev_op_data_path.c b/src/plugins/dpdk/cryptodev/cryptodev_op_data_path.c
index a3e66b2..8d55e4f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dpdk/cryptodev/cryptodev_op_data_path.c
+++ b/src/plugins/dpdk/cryptodev/cryptodev_op_data_path.c
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@
   while (n_elts)
     {
       fe[0].status = cryptodev_status_conversion[cop[0]->op.status];
-      err0 |= (fe[0].status == VNET_CRYPTO_OP_STATUS_COMPLETED) << n;
+      err0 |= ((u64) (fe[0].status == VNET_CRYPTO_OP_STATUS_COMPLETED)) << n;
       n++;
       fe++;
       cop++;