diff --git a/ext2spice/ext2spice.c b/ext2spice/ext2spice.c
index 5605dfa5..60b9022f 100644
--- a/ext2spice/ext2spice.c
+++ b/ext2spice/ext2spice.c
@@ -2142,7 +2142,7 @@ spcWriteParams(dev, hierName, scale, l, w, sdM)
 		    if (esScale < 0)
 			fprintf(esSpiceF, "%g", l * scale);
 		    else if (plist->parm_scale != 1.0)
-			fprintf(esSpiceF, "%g", l * scale * esScale
+			fprintf(esSpiceF, "%g", (double)l * scale * esScale
 				* plist->parm_scale * 1E-6);
 		    else
 			esSIvalue(esSpiceF, 1.0E-6 * (l + plist->parm_offset)