diff --git a/opcodes/ChangeLog b/opcodes/ChangeLog
index e0eef4fe9b..97ae91eb3d 100644
--- a/opcodes/ChangeLog
+++ b/opcodes/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-05-09  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+	* i386-dis.c (print_insn): Test intel_syntax against (char) -1 in
+	case char is unsigned.
+
 2003-05-01  Christian Groessler <chris@groessler.org>
 
 	* z8k-dis.c (z8k_lookup_instr): Optimize FETCH_DATA calls.
diff --git a/opcodes/i386-dis.c b/opcodes/i386-dis.c
index 79faee676e..be78e83fef 100644
--- a/opcodes/i386-dis.c
+++ b/opcodes/i386-dis.c
@@ -1891,7 +1891,7 @@ print_insn (pc, info)
   mode_64bit = (info->mach == bfd_mach_x86_64_intel_syntax
 		|| info->mach == bfd_mach_x86_64);
 
-  if (intel_syntax == -1)
+  if (intel_syntax == (char) -1)
     intel_syntax = (info->mach == bfd_mach_i386_i386_intel_syntax
 		    || info->mach == bfd_mach_x86_64_intel_syntax);