diff --git a/src/ssl.c b/src/ssl.c
index 85c8854973..11665a27d4 100644
--- a/src/ssl.c
+++ b/src/ssl.c
@@ -15486,7 +15486,7 @@ int wolfSSL_BUF_MEM_resize(WOLFSSL_BUF_MEM* buf, size_t len)
 
     /* verify provided arguments. The return value is an int, so reject any
      * len that cannot be represented as a positive int. */
-    if (buf == NULL || len == 0 || len > (size_t)WOLFSSL_MAX_32BIT) {
+    if (buf == NULL || len == 0 || len > (size_t)WC_MAX_SINT_OF(int)) {
         return 0; /* BAD_FUNC_ARG; */
     }