diff --git a/src/unity.c b/src/unity.c
index 177af0f4348e0a3b43f9cfd6c7f488049ea7561f..209efe72a5183c077dca1353cc0167a1ea1f17bc 100644
--- a/src/unity.c
+++ b/src/unity.c
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ void UnityAssertEqualIntArray(UNITY_INTERNAL_PTR expected,
     if (UnityIsOneArrayNull(expected, actual, lineNumber, msg))
         UNITY_FAIL_AND_BAIL;
 
-    while (elements--)
+    while ((elements > 0) && elements--)
     {
         UNITY_INT expect_val;
         UNITY_INT actual_val;