diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 7aa8ad61b0a..9d3fbc1270a 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-11-18  Jan-Benedict Glaw  <jbglaw@lug-owl.de>
+
+	* dwarf.c (process_extended_line_op): Fix signedness warning.
+
 2014-11-18  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
 	PR binutuls/17605
diff --git a/binutils/dwarf.c b/binutils/dwarf.c
index e1e2b350f0e..7f3a568e813 100644
--- a/binutils/dwarf.c
+++ b/binutils/dwarf.c
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ process_extended_line_op (unsigned char * data,
   len = read_uleb128 (data, & bytes_read, end);
   data += bytes_read;
 
-  if (len == 0 || data == end || len > (end - data))
+  if (len == 0 || data == end || len > (uintptr_t) (end - data))
     {
       warn (_("Badly formed extended line op encountered!\n"));
       return bytes_read;