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diff --git a/direct.c b/direct.c
index 900c629..a736855 100644
--- a/direct.c
+++ b/direct.c
@@ -929,7 +929,9 @@ int d_ds(WORD siz)
 
 	// Check to see if the value being passed in is negative (who the hell does
 	// that?--nobody does; it's the code gremlins, or rum, that does it)
-	if (eval < 0)
+	// N.B.: Since VALUE is of type uint32_t, if it goes negative, it will have
+	//       its high bit set.
+	if (eval & 0x80000000)
 		return error("negative sizes not allowed");
 
 	// In non-TDB section (BSS, ABS and M6502) just advance the location
@@ -1004,7 +1006,6 @@ int d_dc(WORD siz)
 				error("String format not supported... yet");
 			}
 
-
 			tok += 2;
 			goto comma;
 		}