diff --git a/livetree.c b/livetree.c
index 7eacd02..dfbae65 100644
--- a/livetree.c
+++ b/livetree.c
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ struct node *get_node_by_path(struct node *tree, const char *path)
 	p = strchr(path, '/');
 
 	for_each_child(tree, child) {
-		if (p && strprefixeq(path, p - path, child->name))
+		if (p && strprefixeq(path, (size_t)(p - path), child->name))
 			return get_node_by_path(child, p+1);
 		else if (!p && streq(path, child->name))
 			return child;