diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/dircache/DirCacheEntry.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/dircache/DirCacheEntry.java
index d2a59c1..b118fd6 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/dircache/DirCacheEntry.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/dircache/DirCacheEntry.java
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ public final boolean mightBeRacilyClean(Instant smudge) {
 		//
 		final int base = infoOffset + P_MTIME;
 		final int mtime = NB.decodeInt32(info, base);
-		if (smudge.getEpochSecond() == mtime) {
+		if ((int) smudge.getEpochSecond() == mtime) {
 			return smudge.getNano() <= NB.decodeInt32(info, base + 4);
 		}
 		return false;