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-rw-r--r--rts/posix/Itimer.c7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/rts/posix/Itimer.c b/rts/posix/Itimer.c
index a60f8f1295..6b4ba3bb70 100644
--- a/rts/posix/Itimer.c
+++ b/rts/posix/Itimer.c
@@ -264,7 +264,8 @@ getourtimeofday(void)
interval = RtsFlags.MiscFlags.tickInterval;
if (interval == 0) { interval = 50; }
gettimeofday(&tv, (struct timezone *) NULL);
- // cast to lnat because nat may be 64 bit when int is only 32 bit
- return ((lnat)tv.tv_sec * 1000 / interval +
- (lnat)tv.tv_usec / (interval * 1000));
+
+ // Avoid overflow when we multiply seconds by 1000. See #2848
+ return (lnat)((StgWord64)tv.tv_sec * 1000 / interval +
+ (StgWord64)tv.tv_usec / (interval * 1000));
}