diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 400e92108687e31dd16fbcea1a43e04556b98566..6a16e20966cd5b084a4490267a3082258ea6e7bb 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ extern int git_munmap(void *start, size_t length);
 #endif
 
 #define DEFAULT_PACKED_GIT_LIMIT \
-	((1024L * 1024L) * (sizeof(void*) >= 8 ? 8192 : 256))
+	((1024L * 1024L) * (size_t)(sizeof(void*) >= 8 ? 8192 : 256))
 
 #ifdef NO_PREAD
 #define pread git_pread