diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index a5b150f..2088666 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -2608,9 +2608,9 @@
 	}
 	inode->i_nlink = le16_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_links_count);
 	inode->i_size = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_size);
-	inode->i_atime.tv_sec = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_atime);
-	inode->i_ctime.tv_sec = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_ctime);
-	inode->i_mtime.tv_sec = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_mtime);
+	inode->i_atime.tv_sec = (signed)le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_atime);
+	inode->i_ctime.tv_sec = (signed)le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_ctime);
+	inode->i_mtime.tv_sec = (signed)le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_mtime);
 	inode->i_atime.tv_nsec = inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec = inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec = 0;
 
 	ei->i_state = 0;