diff --git a/loslib.c b/loslib.c
index 3e20d622..854dcf69 100644
--- a/loslib.c
+++ b/loslib.c
@@ -260,9 +260,7 @@ static int getfield (lua_State *L, const char *key, int d, int delta) {
     res = d;
   }
   else {
-    /* unsigned avoids overflow when lua_Integer has 32 bits */
-    if (!(res >= 0 ? (lua_Unsigned)res <= (lua_Unsigned)INT_MAX + delta
-                   : (lua_Integer)INT_MIN + delta <= res))
+    if (!(res >= 0 ? res - delta <= INT_MAX : INT_MIN + delta <= res))
       return luaL_error(L, "field '%s' is out-of-bound", key);
     res -= delta;
   }
diff --git a/testes/files.lua b/testes/files.lua
index 16cf9b6a..78f962e5 100644
--- a/testes/files.lua
+++ b/testes/files.lua
@@ -825,8 +825,17 @@ checkerr("missing", os.time, {hour = 12})   -- missing date
 if string.packsize("i") == 4 then   -- 4-byte ints
   checkerr("field 'year' is out-of-bound", os.time,
               {year = -(1 << 31) + 1899, month = 1, day = 1})
+
+  checkerr("field 'year' is out-of-bound", os.time,
+              {year = -(1 << 31), month = 1, day = 1})
+
+  if math.maxinteger > 2^31 then   -- larger lua_integer?
+    checkerr("field 'year' is out-of-bound", os.time,
+                {year = (1 << 31) + 1900, month = 1, day = 1})
+  end
 end
 
+
 if not _port then
   -- test Posix-specific modifiers
   assert(type(os.date("%Ex")) == 'string')