diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index e0749fb7c..b5e314ad3 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-05-28  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
+
+	* times.cc (time_ms::usecs): Coerce comparison to signed or whole test
+	is a no-op.
+
 2005-05-27  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
 
 	* cygheap.h: Reference _cygheap_start via .cygheap section.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/times.cc b/winsup/cygwin/times.cc
index 2ac2ee609..708f48df6 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/times.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/times.cc
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ hires_ms::usecs (bool justdelta)
   if (!minperiod) /* NO_COPY variable */
     prime ();
   DWORD now = timeGetTime ();
-  if ((now - initime_ms) < 0)
+  if ((int) (now - initime_ms) < 0)
     {
       inited = 0;
       prime ();