1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/findutils/xargs.c b/findutils/xargs.c
index ee16ea675..d1cf192b1 100644
--- a/findutils/xargs.c
+++ b/findutils/xargs.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ static xlist_t *process_stdin(xlist_t *list_arg,
                 }
                 if (s == NULL)
                         s = p = buf;
-                if ((p - buf) >= mc)
+                if ((size_t)(p - buf) >= mc)
                         bb_error_msg_and_die("argument line too long");
                 *p++ = (c == EOF ? '\0' : c);
                 if (c == EOF) { /* word's delimiter or EOF detected */