diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
index dc451e4de5ad..0c28ee82834b 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
@@ -916,13 +916,13 @@ static void btf_dump_emit_enum_def(struct btf_dump *d, __u32 id,
 			/* enumerators share namespace with typedef idents */
 			dup_cnt = btf_dump_name_dups(d, d->ident_names, name);
 			if (dup_cnt > 1) {
-				btf_dump_printf(d, "\n%s%s___%zu = %d,",
+				btf_dump_printf(d, "\n%s%s___%zu = %u,",
 						pfx(lvl + 1), name, dup_cnt,
-						(__s32)v->val);
+						(__u32)v->val);
 			} else {
-				btf_dump_printf(d, "\n%s%s = %d,",
+				btf_dump_printf(d, "\n%s%s = %u,",
 						pfx(lvl + 1), name,
-						(__s32)v->val);
+						(__u32)v->val);
 			}
 		}
 		btf_dump_printf(d, "\n%s}", pfx(lvl));
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/btf_dump_test_case_syntax.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/btf_dump_test_case_syntax.c
index d4a02fe44a12..31975c96e2c9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/btf_dump_test_case_syntax.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/btf_dump_test_case_syntax.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ enum e1 {
 
 enum e2 {
 	C = 100,
-	D = -100,
+	D = 4294967295,
 	E = 0,
 };