diff --git a/YamlDotNet/Serialization/NodeDeserializers/ScalarNodeDeserializer.cs b/YamlDotNet/Serialization/NodeDeserializers/ScalarNodeDeserializer.cs
index b77112731..4887078bc 100644
--- a/YamlDotNet/Serialization/NodeDeserializers/ScalarNodeDeserializer.cs
+++ b/YamlDotNet/Serialization/NodeDeserializers/ScalarNodeDeserializer.cs
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ private object DeserializeIntegerHelper(TypeCode typeCode, string value, IFormat
 					return (sbyte)result;
 
 				case TypeCode.UInt16:
-					return (uint)result;
+					return (ushort)result;
 
 				case TypeCode.UInt32:
 					return (uint)result;