diff --git a/libc/regex/regexec.c b/libc/regex/regexec.c
index 7b3bfc7..6feed3b 100644
--- a/libc/regex/regexec.c
+++ b/libc/regex/regexec.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
 		return(REG_BADPAT);
 	eflags = GOODFLAGS(eflags);
 
-	if (g->nstates <= CHAR_BIT*sizeof(states1) && !(eflags&REG_LARGE))
+	if (g->nstates <= (int)(CHAR_BIT*sizeof(states1)) && !(eflags&REG_LARGE))
 		return(smatcher(g, (char *)string, nmatch, pmatch, eflags));
 	else
 		return(lmatcher(g, (char *)string, nmatch, pmatch, eflags));