diff --git a/compiler/hlcg2ll.pas b/compiler/hlcg2ll.pas
index 0a110e5133..84f62f68de 100644
--- a/compiler/hlcg2ll.pas
+++ b/compiler/hlcg2ll.pas
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ implementation
                if l.loc=LOC_CONSTANT then
                 begin
                   if (longint(l.value)<0) then
-                   cg.a_load_const_reg(list,OS_32,aint($ffffffff),hregisterhi)
+                   cg.a_load_const_reg(list,OS_32,longint($ffffffff),hregisterhi)
                   else
                    cg.a_load_const_reg(list,OS_32,0,hregisterhi);
                 end