diff --git a/sd/source/core/sdpage.cxx b/sd/source/core/sdpage.cxx
index 30ea98df6027..c718ed2f9faf 100644
--- a/sd/source/core/sdpage.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/core/sdpage.cxx
@@ -3012,7 +3012,7 @@ void SdPage::CalculateHandoutAreas( SdDrawDocument& rModel, AutoLayout eLayout,
                 break;
         }
 
-        rAreas.resize( nColCnt * nRowCnt );
+        rAreas.resize(static_cast<size_t>(nColCnt) * nRowCnt);
 
         Size aPartArea, aSize;
         aPartArea.Width()  = ((aArea.Width()  - ((nColCnt-1) * nGapW) ) / nColCnt);