vms.c: Save '&' instrs by casting to U8

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/vms/vms.c b/vms/vms.c
index abdbe11bfe..6c9fbc8ac0 100644
--- a/vms/vms.c
+++ b/vms/vms.c
@@ -601,8 +601,8 @@ copy_expand_vms_filename_escape(char *outspec, const char *inspec, int *output_c
             if (scnt == 4) {
                 unsigned int c1, c2;
                 scnt = sscanf(inspec, "%2x%2x", &c1, &c2);
-                outspec[0] = c1 & 0xff;
-                outspec[1] = c2 & 0xff;
+                outspec[0] = (U8) c1;
+                outspec[1] = (U8) c2;
                 if (scnt > 1) {
                     (*output_cnt) += 2;
                     count += 4;