diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c b/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
index be11134fb2..4b52de36f5 100644
--- a/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
+++ b/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
@@ -4497,7 +4497,7 @@ libxlDomainGetSchedulerType(virDomainPtr dom, int *nparams)
 
     if (nparams)
         *nparams = 0;
-    switch (sched_id) {
+    switch ((int)sched_id) {
     case LIBXL_SCHEDULER_SEDF:
         name = "sedf";
         break;