diff --git a/vhost-device-i2c/Cargo.toml b/vhost-device-i2c/Cargo.toml
index fc2ba96..1151a81 100644
--- a/vhost-device-i2c/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vhost-device-i2c/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,3 +31,6 @@ vmm-sys-util = "0.14"
 assert_matches = "1.5"
 virtio-queue = { version = "0.16", features = ["test-utils"] }
 vm-memory = { version = "0.16.1", features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic"] }
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
diff --git a/vhost-device-i2c/src/i2c.rs b/vhost-device-i2c/src/i2c.rs
index c6064b6..4fd281c 100644
--- a/vhost-device-i2c/src/i2c.rs
+++ b/vhost-device-i2c/src/i2c.rs
@@ -242,7 +242,8 @@ impl SmbusMsg {
                             // Special Read requests, reqs[0].len can be 0 or 1 only.
                             Err(Error::MessageLengthInvalid("read", 3))
                         } else {
-                            data.word = reqs[0].buf[1] as u16 | ((reqs[0].buf[2] as u16) << 8);
+                            data.word =
+                                u16::from(reqs[0].buf[1]) | (u16::from(reqs[0].buf[2]) << 8);
                             Ok(SmbusMsg {
                                 read_write,
                                 command: reqs[0].buf[0],
diff --git a/vhost-device-i2c/src/vhu_i2c.rs b/vhost-device-i2c/src/vhu_i2c.rs
index fbc754e..c4d7ffd 100644
--- a/vhost-device-i2c/src/vhu_i2c.rs
+++ b/vhost-device-i2c/src/vhu_i2c.rs
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ mod tests {
         vq.desc_table()
             .store(index, RawDescriptor::from(desc_out))
             .unwrap();
-        next_addr += desc_out.len() as u64;
+        next_addr += u64::from(desc_out.len());
         index += 1;
 
         // Buf descriptor: optional
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ mod tests {
             vq.desc_table()
                 .store(index, RawDescriptor::from(desc_buf))
                 .unwrap();
-            next_addr += desc_buf.len() as u64;
+            next_addr += u64::from(desc_buf.len());
             index += 1;
         }