diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/common/Address.cc b/src/mem/ruby/common/Address.cc
index 39de974a57..fd3c43e1bf 100644
--- a/src/mem/ruby/common/Address.cc
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/common/Address.cc
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ makeLineAddress(Addr addr, int cacheLineBits)
 Addr
 makeNextStrideAddress(Addr addr, int stride)
 {
-    return makeLineAddress(addr) + RubySystem::getBlockSizeBytes() * stride;
+    return makeLineAddress(addr) +
+        static_cast<int>(RubySystem::getBlockSizeBytes()) * stride;
 }
 
 std::string