diff --git a/jax/_src/lax/lax.py b/jax/_src/lax/lax.py
index 8ee8ae37f1bb..9c1edb8d1192 100644
--- a/jax/_src/lax/lax.py
+++ b/jax/_src/lax/lax.py
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ def _convert_element_type(operand: ArrayLike, new_dtype: Optional[DTypeLike] = N
   # first canonicalize the input to a value of dtype int32 or int64, leading to
   # an overflow error.
   if type(operand) is int:
-    operand = np.asarray(operand, new_dtype)
+    operand = np.asarray(operand).astype(new_dtype)
     old_weak_type = False
 
   if (old_dtype, old_weak_type) == (new_dtype, weak_type) and isinstance(operand, Array):
diff --git a/tests/lax_test.py b/tests/lax_test.py
index 80361fceadf6..bbf5aaa64871 100644
--- a/tests/lax_test.py
+++ b/tests/lax_test.py
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ def testConvertElementType(self, from_dtype, to_dtype, weak_type):
     self.assertEqual(out.dtype, dtypes.canonicalize_dtype(to_dtype or x.dtype))
     self.assertEqual(out.aval.weak_type, weak_type)
 
+  def testConvertElementTypeOOB(self):
+    out = lax.convert_element_type(2 ** 32, 'int32')
+    self.assertEqual(out, 0)
+
   @jtu.sample_product(
     [dict(from_dtype=from_dtype, to_dtype=to_dtype)
      for from_dtype, to_dtype in itertools.product(