diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/map_entry_lite.h b/src/google/protobuf/map_entry_lite.h
index 4668c5b42e53..b3f482ed1967 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/map_entry_lite.h
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/map_entry_lite.h
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ struct MapEntryFuncs {
     // Tags for key and value will both be one byte (field numbers 1 and 2).
     size_t inner_length =
         2 + KeyTypeHandler::ByteSize(key) + ValueTypeHandler::ByteSize(value);
-    return inner_length + io::CodedOutputStream::VarintSize32(inner_length);
+    return inner_length + io::CodedOutputStream::VarintSize32(static_cast<uint32>(inner_length));
   }
 
   static int GetCachedSize(const Key& key, const Value& value) {