2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/erl_interface/src/encode/encode_ulonglong.c b/lib/erl_interface/src/encode/encode_ulonglong.c
index 0f21af2a91..2f136abf96 100644
--- a/lib/erl_interface/src/encode/encode_ulonglong.c
+++ b/lib/erl_interface/src/encode/encode_ulonglong.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ int ei_encode_ulonglong(char *buf, int *index, EI_ULONGLONG p)
     char *s = buf + *index;
     char *s0 = s;
 
-    if ((p < 256) && (p >= 0)) {
+    if (p < 256) {
 	if (!buf) s += 2;
 	else {
 	    put8(s,ERL_SMALL_INTEGER_EXT);
diff --git a/lib/erl_interface/src/legacy/erl_marshal.c b/lib/erl_interface/src/legacy/erl_marshal.c
index e207b5f0f1..9558dc134b 100644
--- a/lib/erl_interface/src/legacy/erl_marshal.c
+++ b/lib/erl_interface/src/legacy/erl_marshal.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ int erl_encode_it(ETERM *ep, unsigned char **ext, int dist)
 	    return 0;
 	}
 	/* SMALL_INTEGER */
-	if ((ul < 256) && (ul >= 0)) {
+	if (ul < 256) {
 	    *(*ext)++ = ERL_SMALL_INTEGER_EXT;
 	    *(*ext)++ = ul & 0xff;
 	    return 0;