diff --git a/src/journal/journalctl-misc.c b/src/journal/journalctl-misc.c
index 01fb83807a..5a1f311221 100644
--- a/src/journal/journalctl-misc.c
+++ b/src/journal/journalctl-misc.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static int show_log_ids(const LogId *ids, size_t n_ids, const char *name) {
 
         assert(ids);
         assert(n_ids > 0);
-        assert(n_ids < INT64_MAX);
+        assert((uint64_t) INT64_MAX - n_ids > 0);
         assert(name);
 
         table = table_new("idx", name, "first entry", "last entry");