1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/bc.c b/miscutils/bc.c
index e5ad0ed86..eaab6cee6 100644
--- a/miscutils/bc.c
+++ b/miscutils/bc.c
@@ -1475,10 +1475,20 @@ static void bc_num_subArrays(BcDig *restrict a, BcDig *restrict b,
 
 static ssize_t bc_num_compare(BcDig *restrict a, BcDig *restrict b, size_t len)
 {
-        size_t i;
-        int c = 0;
-        for (i = len - 1; i < len && !(c = a[i] - b[i]); --i);
-        return BC_NUM_NEG(i + 1, c < 0);
+        size_t i = len;
+        for (;;) {
+                int c;
+                if (i == 0)
+                        return 0;
+                i--;
+                c = a[i] - b[i];
+                if (c != 0) {
+                        i++;
+                        if (c < 0)
+                                return -i;
+                        return i;
+                }
+        }
 }
 
 static ssize_t bc_num_cmp(BcNum *a, BcNum *b)