diff --git a/src/smbiosmdrv2handler.cpp b/src/smbiosmdrv2handler.cpp
index 425a890..a33d0b2 100644
--- a/src/smbiosmdrv2handler.cpp
+++ b/src/smbiosmdrv2handler.cpp
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
         return ipmi::responseParmOutOfRange();
     }
 
-    std::variant<uint8_t> value = 0;
+    std::variant<uint8_t> value = static_cast<uint8_t>(0);
     if (0 != mdrv2->sdplusMdrv2GetProperty("DirectoryEntries", value, service))
     {
         phosphor::logging::log<phosphor::logging::level::ERR>(