diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/lpm-levels.c b/drivers/cpuidle/lpm-levels.c
index 7cd1bbbe1ee8..d6aee7188516 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/lpm-levels.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/lpm-levels.c
@@ -694,22 +694,21 @@ static int cpu_power_select(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
 	int best_level = -1;
 	uint32_t latency_us = pm_qos_request_for_cpu(PM_QOS_CPU_DMA_LATENCY,
 							dev->cpu);
-	uint32_t sleep_us =
-		(uint32_t)(ktime_to_us(tick_nohz_get_sleep_length()));
+	s64 sleep_us = ktime_to_us(tick_nohz_get_sleep_length());
 	uint32_t modified_time_us = 0;
 	uint32_t next_event_us = 0;
 	int i, idx_restrict;
 	uint32_t lvl_latency_us = 0;
 	uint64_t predicted = 0;
 	uint32_t htime = 0, idx_restrict_time = 0;
-	uint32_t next_wakeup_us = sleep_us;
+	uint32_t next_wakeup_us = (uint32_t)sleep_us;
 	uint32_t *min_residency = get_per_cpu_min_residency(dev->cpu);
 	uint32_t *max_residency = get_per_cpu_max_residency(dev->cpu);
 
 	if (!cpu)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (sleep_disabled && !cpu_isolated(dev->cpu))
+	if ((sleep_disabled && !cpu_isolated(dev->cpu)) || sleep_us  < 0)
 		return 0;
 
 	idx_restrict = cpu->nlevels + 1;