diff --git a/c/enc/bit_cost.h b/c/enc/bit_cost.h
index 6586469..31838f1 100644
--- a/c/enc/bit_cost.h
+++ b/c/enc/bit_cost.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     const uint32_t* population, size_t size) {
   size_t sum;
   double retval = ShannonEntropy(population, size, &sum);
-  if (retval < sum) {
+  if (retval < (double)sum) {
     /* At least one bit per literal is needed. */
     retval = (double)sum;
   }