diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/recorders/dvbchannel.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/recorders/dvbchannel.cpp
index cbbb1fd8d76..ccad0124c9f 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/recorders/dvbchannel.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/recorders/dvbchannel.cpp
@@ -1589,7 +1589,12 @@ bool DVBChannel::WaitForBackend(std::chrono::milliseconds timeout_ms)
     const int fd  = m_fdFrontend;
     auto seconds = duration_cast<std::chrono::seconds>(timeout_ms);
     auto usecs = duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(timeout_ms) - seconds;
+#if defined(__x86_64__)
     struct timeval select_timeout = { seconds.count(), usecs.count()};
+#else
+    struct timeval select_timeout = { static_cast<int32_t>(seconds.count()),
+                                      static_cast<int32_t>(usecs.count()) };
+#endif
     fd_set fd_select_set;
     FD_ZERO(    &fd_select_set); // NOLINT(readability-isolate-declaration)
     FD_SET (fd, &fd_select_set);