diff --git a/modules/log/color_console_other.go b/modules/log/color_console_other.go
index 673377fa62..c08b38c674 100644
--- a/modules/log/color_console_other.go
+++ b/modules/log/color_console_other.go
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ func fileStatDevIno(file *os.File) (uint64, uint64, bool) {
 		return 0, 0, false
 	}
 
-	return stat.Dev, stat.Ino, true
+	// Do a type conversion to uint64, because Dev isn't always uint64
+	// on every operating system + architecture combination.
+	return uint64(stat.Dev), stat.Ino, true //nolint:unconvert
 }
 
 func fileIsDevIno(file *os.File, dev, ino uint64) bool {