diff --git a/include/haproxy/resolvers-t.h b/include/haproxy/resolvers-t.h
index e89f5b547..3bdf5237e 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/resolvers-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/resolvers-t.h
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ struct resolv_answer_item {
 	char            name[DNS_MAX_NAME_SIZE+1];   /* answer name */
 	int16_t         type;                        /* question type */
 	int16_t         class;                       /* query class */
-	int32_t         ttl;                         /* response TTL */
+	uint32_t        ttl;                         /* response TTL */
 	int16_t         priority;                    /* SRV type priority */
 	uint16_t        weight;                      /* SRV type weight */
 	uint16_t        port;                        /* SRV type port */
diff --git a/src/resolvers.c b/src/resolvers.c
index ee49fb8f9..4362b00c9 100644
--- a/src/resolvers.c
+++ b/src/resolvers.c
@@ -1236,8 +1236,7 @@ static int resolv_validate_dns_response(unsigned char *resp, unsigned char *bufe
 		if (reader + 4 > bufend)
 			goto invalid_resp;
 
-		answer_record->ttl =   reader[0] * 16777216 + reader[1] * 65536
-		                     + reader[2] * 256 + reader[3];
+		answer_record->ttl = read_n32(reader);
 		reader += 4;
 
 		/* Now reading data len */
@@ -1498,8 +1497,7 @@ static int resolv_validate_dns_response(unsigned char *resp, unsigned char *bufe
 		if (reader + 4 > bufend)
 			goto invalid_resp;
 
-		answer_record->ttl =   reader[0] * 16777216 + reader[1] * 65536
-		                     + reader[2] * 256 + reader[3];
+		answer_record->ttl = read_n32(reader);
 		reader += 4;
 
 		/* Now reading data len */