diff --git a/arch/mips/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/mips/kvm/emulate.c
index d5fa3eaf39a1..41b1b090f56f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -1581,7 +1581,7 @@ enum emulation_result kvm_mips_emulate_cache(uint32_t inst, uint32_t *opc,
 
 	base = (inst >> 21) & 0x1f;
 	op_inst = (inst >> 16) & 0x1f;
-	offset = inst & 0xffff;
+	offset = (int16_t)inst;
 	cache = (inst >> 16) & 0x3;
 	op = (inst >> 18) & 0x7;