diff --git a/services/audioflinger/FastThread.cpp b/services/audioflinger/FastThread.cpp
index 8b7a124c6f..47fe0b32c3 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/FastThread.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/FastThread.cpp
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ bool FastThread::threadLoop()
                     // compute the delta value of clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC)
                     uint32_t monotonicNs = nsec;
                     if (sec > 0 && sec < 4) {
-                        monotonicNs += sec * 1000000000;
+                        monotonicNs += sec * 1000000000U; // unsigned to prevent signed overflow.
                     }
                     // compute raw CPU load = delta value of clock_gettime(CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID)
                     uint32_t loadNs = 0;
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ bool FastThread::threadLoop()
                             }
                             loadNs = nsec;
                             if (sec > 0 && sec < 4) {
-                                loadNs += sec * 1000000000;
+                                loadNs += sec * 1000000000U; // unsigned to prevent signed overflow.
                             }
                         } else {
                             // first time through the loop