1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/re.c b/re.c
index 9258f83ee4..588eb9c833 100644
--- a/re.c
+++ b/re.c
@@ -2286,7 +2286,7 @@ unescape_nonascii(const char *p, const char *end, rb_encoding *enc,
                 p = p-2;
 		if (enc == rb_usascii_encoding()) {
 		    c = read_escaped_byte(&p, end, err);
-		    if (c == -1) return -1;
+		    if (c == (char)-1) return -1;
 		    rb_str_buf_cat(buf, &c, 1);
 		}
 		else {