diff --git a/src/lj_state.h b/src/lj_state.h
index d8d6104e..4f6b0a37 100644
--- a/src/lj_state.h
+++ b/src/lj_state.h
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ LJ_FUNC void LJ_FASTCALL lj_state_growstack1(lua_State *L);
 
 static LJ_AINLINE void lj_state_checkstack(lua_State *L, MSize need)
 {
-  if ((MSize)(mref(L->maxstack, char) - (char *)L->top) <=
-      need*(MSize)sizeof(TValue))
+  if ((mref(L->maxstack, char) - (char *)L->top) <=
+      need*(ptrdiff_t)sizeof(TValue))
     lj_state_growstack(L, need);
 }