diff --git a/src/boot/efi-log.c b/src/boot/efi-log.c
index ed0a2746933..520f985389c 100644
--- a/src/boot/efi-log.c
+++ b/src/boot/efi-log.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ void log_wait(void) {
 }
 
 // NOLINTNEXTLINE(misc-use-internal-linkage)
-_used_ intptr_t __stack_chk_guard = (intptr_t) 0x70f6967de78acae3;
+_used_ uintptr_t __stack_chk_guard = (uintptr_t) 0x70f6967de78acae3;
 
 /* We can only set a random stack canary if this function attribute is available,
  * otherwise this may create a stack check fail. */
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ void __stack_chk_guard_init(void) {
                 (void) rng->GetRNG(rng, NULL, sizeof(__stack_chk_guard), (void *) &__stack_chk_guard);
         else
                 /* Better than no extra entropy. */
-                __stack_chk_guard ^= (intptr_t) __executable_start;
+                __stack_chk_guard ^= (uintptr_t) __executable_start;
 }
 #endif