diff --git a/library/bignum.c b/library/bignum.c
index ef8344f..aa19b0c 100644
--- a/library/bignum.c
+++ b/library/bignum.c
@@ -1772,7 +1772,7 @@
     /* Now d - (2^biL)^n = A - N so d >= (2^biL)^n iff A >= N.
      * So we want to copy the result of the subtraction iff d->p[n] != 0.
      * Note that d->p[n] is either 0 or 1 since A - N <= N <= (2^biL)^n. */
-    mpi_safe_cond_assign( n + 1, A->p, d, d[n] );
+    mpi_safe_cond_assign( n + 1, A->p, d, (unsigned char) d[n] );
     A->p[n] = 0;
 }