1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/diff.c b/coreutils/diff.c
index df43c98ad..0eaf0b1d1 100644
--- a/coreutils/diff.c
+++ b/coreutils/diff.c
@@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ int diff_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 L_arg = L_arg->link;
         }
         if (option_mask32 & FLAG_U)
-                context = xatou_range(U_opt, 1, INT_MAX);
+                context = xatoi_u(U_opt);
 
         /*
          * Do sanity checks, fill in stb1 and stb2 and call the appropriate