1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index 96b5d9cc7f..1270f502a8 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -1548,7 +1548,7 @@ static char *
 str_utf8_nth(const char *p, const char *e, long *nthp)
 {
     long nth = *nthp;
-    if ((int)SIZEOF_VALUE < e - p && (int)SIZEOF_VALUE * 2 < nth) {
+    if ((int)SIZEOF_VALUE * 2 < e - p && (int)SIZEOF_VALUE * 2 < nth) {
 	const VALUE *s, *t;
 	const VALUE lowbits = sizeof(VALUE) - 1;
 	s = (const VALUE*)(~lowbits & ((VALUE)p + lowbits));