diff --git a/code/MDL/HalfLife/HL1MDLLoader.cpp b/code/MDL/HalfLife/HL1MDLLoader.cpp
index f662c7eec..ad4db204f 100644
--- a/code/MDL/HalfLife/HL1MDLLoader.cpp
+++ b/code/MDL/HalfLife/HL1MDLLoader.cpp
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ void HL1MDLLoader::read_texture(const Texture_HL1 *ptexture,
     for (outwidth = 1; outwidth < ptexture->width; outwidth <<= 1)
         ;
 
-    if (outwidth > BuffenLen) {
+    if ((size_t)outwidth > BuffenLen) {
         outwidth = BuffenLen;
     }