diff --git a/src/gpu/intel/jit/gemm/generator/pieces/matrix_access.cxx b/src/gpu/intel/jit/gemm/generator/pieces/matrix_access.cxx
index 52d8f055922..12c6018e33a 100644
--- a/src/gpu/intel/jit/gemm/generator/pieces/matrix_access.cxx
+++ b/src/gpu/intel/jit/gemm/generator/pieces/matrix_access.cxx
@@ -518,8 +518,8 @@ void BLASKernelGenerator<hw>::loadLoadStoreDescriptors(bool load, bool store, Re
             exdescStore.parts.extMessageLen = 0;
             descLoad.parts.responseLen = 0;
 
-            int underlyingSIMD = std::max<int>(block.simdSize, maxScatteredSIMD(hw, astrategy) >> 1);
-            int log2GRFs = ilog2(underlyingSIMD * (int)block.ebytes) - GRF::log2Bytes(hw);
+            uint32_t underlyingSIMD = std::max<uint32_t>(block.simdSize, (uint32_t)maxScatteredSIMD(hw, astrategy) >> 1);
+            int log2GRFs = ilog2(underlyingSIMD * block.ebytes) - GRF::log2Bytes(hw);
             int log2Components = int(block.splitComplex);
 
             if (channel) mov(1, t2, 0x1000 << log2Components);