1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/regexec.c b/regexec.c
index 87a0d7317a..d29f6dd8f4 100644
--- a/regexec.c
+++ b/regexec.c
@@ -6656,7 +6656,7 @@ S_regrepeat(pTHX_ regexp *prog, char **startposp, const regnode *p,
     scan = *startposp;
     if (max == REG_INFTY)
 	max = I32_MAX;
-    else if (! utf8_target && scan + max < loceol)
+    else if (! utf8_target && loceol - scan > max)
 	loceol = scan + max;
 
     /* Here, for the case of a non-UTF-8 target we have adjusted <loceol> down