1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/alpha/memchr.c b/sysdeps/alpha/memchr.c
index 82c42c0731..402088dc9e 100644
--- a/sysdeps/alpha/memchr.c
+++ b/sysdeps/alpha/memchr.c
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ __memchr (const void *s, int xc, size_t n)
   /* Align the source, and decrement the count by the number
      of bytes searched in the first word.  */
   s_align = (const word *)((word)s & -8);
-  n += ((word)s & 7);
+  {
+    size_t inc = n + ((word)s & 7);
+    n = inc | -(inc < n);
+  }
 
   /* Deal with misalignment in the first word for the comparison.  */
   mask = (1ul << ((word)s & 7)) - 1;