diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-cadence-quadspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-cadence-quadspi.c
index 576610ba1118..af13c0025bf5 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-cadence-quadspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-cadence-quadspi.c
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ static int cqspi_direct_read_execute(struct cqspi_flash_pdata *f_pdata,
 
 	dma_async_issue_pending(cqspi->rx_chan);
 	if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&cqspi->rx_dma_complete,
-					 msecs_to_jiffies(max(len, 500U)))) {
+					 msecs_to_jiffies(max_t(size_t, len, 500)))) {
 		dmaengine_terminate_sync(cqspi->rx_chan);
 		dev_err(dev, "DMA wait_for_completion_timeout\n");
 		ret = -ETIMEDOUT;