--- libelwix/src/patricia.c	2013/05/30 09:07:33	1.2
+++ libelwix/src/patricia.c	2013/08/12 02:10:44	1.3
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 *  by Michael Pounov <misho@elwix.org>
 *
 * $Author: misho $
-* $Id: patricia.c,v 1.2 2013/05/30 09:07:33 misho Exp $
+* $Id: patricia.c,v 1.3 2013/08/12 02:10:44 misho Exp $
 *
 **************************************************************************
 The ELWIX and AITNET software is distributed under the following
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ prefix_t *ascii2prefix(int family, char *string)
 		memcpy(save, string, cp - string);
 		save[cp - string] = 0;
 		string = save;
-		if (bitlen < 0 || bitlen > maxbitlen)
+		if (bitlen > maxbitlen)
 			bitlen = maxbitlen;
 	} else
 		bitlen = maxbitlen;