diff --git a/lib/astutils.cpp b/lib/astutils.cpp
index 01560de82..861088d31 100644
--- a/lib/astutils.cpp
+++ b/lib/astutils.cpp
@@ -178,7 +178,12 @@ bool isSameExpression(bool cpp, bool macro, const Token *tok1, const Token *tok2
     if (tok1->str() == "(" && tok1->previous() && !tok1->previous()->isName()) { // cast => assert that the casts are equal
         const Token *t1 = tok1->next();
         const Token *t2 = tok2->next();
-        while (t1 && t2 && t1->str() == t2->str() && (t1->isName() || t1->str() == "*")) {
+        while (t1 && t2 &&
+               t1->str() == t2->str() &&
+               t1->isLong() == t2->isLong() &&
+               t1->isUnsigned() == t2->isUnsigned() &&
+               t1->isSigned() == t2->isSigned() &&
+               (t1->isName() || t1->str() == "*")) {
             t1 = t1->next();
             t2 = t2->next();
         }
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index e62758c93..821088a50 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -3815,6 +3815,11 @@ private:
               "    return A ? x : z;\n"
               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        check("void f(unsigned char c) {\n"
+              "  x = y ? (signed char)c : (unsigned char)c;\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void checkSignOfUnsignedVariable() {