diff --git a/sql-common/client.c b/sql-common/client.c
index b66eee2a508..ff36b757957 100644
--- a/sql-common/client.c
+++ b/sql-common/client.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Copyright (c) 2003, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
-   Copyright (c) 2009, 2017, MariaDB
+   Copyright (c) 2009, 2020, MariaDB
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -3295,7 +3295,7 @@ CLI_MYSQL_REAL_CONNECT(MYSQL *mysql,const char *host, const char *user,
     /* New protocol with 16 bytes to describe server characteristics */
     mysql->server_language=end[2];
     mysql->server_status=uint2korr(end+3);
-    mysql->server_capabilities|= uint2korr(end+5) << 16;
+    mysql->server_capabilities|= ((unsigned) uint2korr(end+5)) << 16;
     pkt_scramble_len= end[7];
     if (pkt_scramble_len < 0)
     {