diff --git a/src/core/cgroup.c b/src/core/cgroup.c
index 641523e5b1..9c5e3c41a5 100644
--- a/src/core/cgroup.c
+++ b/src/core/cgroup.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 #include "bpf/restrict_fs/restrict-fs-skel.h"
 #endif
 
-#define CGROUP_CPU_QUOTA_DEFAULT_PERIOD_USEC ((usec_t) 100 * USEC_PER_MSEC)
+#define CGROUP_CPU_QUOTA_DEFAULT_PERIOD_USEC (100 * USEC_PER_MSEC)
 
 /* Returns the log level to use when cgroup attribute writes fail. When an attribute is missing or we have access
  * problems we downgrade to LOG_DEBUG. This is supposed to be nice to container managers and kernels which want to mask