1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/numeric.c b/numeric.c
index c4210279a4..2dc1dd18bf 100644
--- a/numeric.c
+++ b/numeric.c
@@ -2196,7 +2196,7 @@ int_pow(x, y)
     do {
 	while (y % 2 == 0) {
 	    long x2 = x * x;
-	    if (x2 < x || !POSFIXABLE(x2)) {
+	    if (x2/x != x || !POSFIXABLE(x2)) {
 		VALUE v;
 	      bignum:
 		v = rb_big_pow(rb_int2big(x), LONG2NUM(y));