diff --git a/src/java.base/share/native/libverify/check_code.c b/src/java.base/share/native/libverify/check_code.c
index 3e0e20b2693..d1ebd3d5b94 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/native/libverify/check_code.c
+++ b/src/java.base/share/native/libverify/check_code.c
@@ -1678,12 +1678,13 @@ static int instruction_length(unsigned char *iptr, unsigned char *end)
     switch (instruction) {
         case JVM_OPC_tableswitch: {
             int *lpc = (int *)UCALIGN(iptr + 1);
+            int64_t low, high, index;
             if (lpc + 2 >= (int *)end) {
                 return -1; /* do not read pass the end */
             }
-            int64_t low  = _ck_ntohl(lpc[1]);
-            int64_t high = _ck_ntohl(lpc[2]);
-            int64_t index = high - low;
+            low  = _ck_ntohl(lpc[1]);
+            high = _ck_ntohl(lpc[2]);
+            index = high - low;
             // The value of low must be less than or equal to high - i.e. index >= 0
             if ((index < 0) || (index > 65535)) {
                 return -1;      /* illegal */