diff --git a/unrar/src/main/java/com/github/junrar/unpack/vm/RarVM.java b/unrar/src/main/java/com/github/junrar/unpack/vm/RarVM.java
index e6e6a01..38ef2a7 100644
--- a/unrar/src/main/java/com/github/junrar/unpack/vm/RarVM.java
+++ b/unrar/src/main/java/com/github/junrar/unpack/vm/RarVM.java
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ private void ExecuteStandardFilter(VMStandardFilters filterType) {
 		        for (int curPos=0;curPos<dataSize-4;)
 		        {
 		          byte curByte=mem[curPos++];
-		          if (curByte==0xe8 || curByte==cmpByte2)
+		          if (curByte==(byte) 0xe8 || curByte==cmpByte2)
 		          {
 //		#ifdef PRESENT_INT32
 //		            sint32 Offset=CurPos+FileOffset;