diff --git a/src/llama-quant.cpp b/src/llama-quant.cpp
index 8cf45732fd6d4..defb8123fe91c 100644
--- a/src/llama-quant.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-quant.cpp
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ static void llama_model_quantize_impl(const std::string & fname_inp, const std::
                 gguf_set_val_f32(ctx_out.get(), o.key, o.val_f64);
             } else if (o.tag == LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_INT) {
                 // Setting type to UINT32. See https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/14182 for context
-                gguf_set_val_u32(ctx_out.get(), o.key, (uint32_t)abs(o.val_i64));
+                gguf_set_val_u32(ctx_out.get(), o.key, (uint32_t)std::abs(static_cast<int>(o.val_i64)));
             } else if (o.tag == LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_BOOL) {
                 gguf_set_val_bool(ctx_out.get(), o.key, o.val_bool);
             } else if (o.tag == LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_STR) {