diff --git a/sha256.c b/sha256.c
index eb9c5c0..29b81ee 100644
--- a/sha256.c
+++ b/sha256.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ void sha256_transform(SHA256_CTX *ctx, const BYTE data[])
 	WORD a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, t1, t2, m[64];
 
 	for (i = 0, j = 0; i < 16; ++i, j += 4)
-		m[i] = (data[j] << 24) | (data[j + 1] << 16) | (data[j + 2] << 8) | (data[j + 3]);
+		m[i] = ((WORD)data[j] << 24) | ((WORD)data[j + 1] << 16) | ((WORD)data[j + 2] << 8) | ((WORD)data[j + 3]);
 	for ( ; i < 64; ++i)
 		m[i] = SIG1(m[i - 2]) + m[i - 7] + SIG0(m[i - 15]) + m[i - 16];