diff --git a/googletest/src/gtest.cc b/googletest/src/gtest.cc
index 5998f9a3..0da3cc20 100644
--- a/googletest/src/gtest.cc
+++ b/googletest/src/gtest.cc
@@ -1691,7 +1691,7 @@ AssertionResult HRESULTFailureHelper(const char* expr,
   char error_text[kBufSize] = { '\0' };
   DWORD message_length = ::FormatMessageA(kFlags,
                                           0,   // no source, we're asking system
-                                          hr,  // the error
+                                          static_cast<DWORD>(hr),  // the error
                                           0,   // no line width restrictions
                                           error_text,  // output buffer
                                           kBufSize,    // buf size