1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/numeric.c b/numeric.c
index 1425348a95..db847567d0 100644
--- a/numeric.c
+++ b/numeric.c
@@ -2283,7 +2283,7 @@ int_pow(long x, unsigned long y)
 	}
 	{
 	    long xz = x * z;
-	    if (xz < z || xz < x || !POSFIXABLE(xz)) {
+	    if (!POSFIXABLE(xz) || xz / x != z) {
 		goto bignum;
 	    }
 	    z = xz;