diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fda1049a..c4a97169 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ What's New for OpenJPEG
 ! : changed
 + : added
 
+March 19, 2006
+* [Antonin] fixed a bug in t1.c that prevented in some cases a true lossless compression (thanks to Don Mimlitch for reporting this bug)
+
 February 12, 2006
 - [Herve Drolon] removed unneeded working variables in opj_tcd_t
 
diff --git a/libopenjpeg/t1.c b/libopenjpeg/t1.c
index 6b153502..210a6969 100644
--- a/libopenjpeg/t1.c
+++ b/libopenjpeg/t1.c
@@ -1066,11 +1066,7 @@ void t1_decode_cblks(opj_t1_t *t1, opj_tcd_tile_t *tile, opj_tcp_t *tcp) {
 							for (j = 0; j < cblk->y1 - cblk->y0; j++) {
 								for (i = 0; i < cblk->x1 - cblk->x0; i++) {
 									int tmp = t1->data[j][i];
-									if(tmp >> 1 == 0) {
-										tilec->data[x + i + (y + j) * (tilec->x1 - tilec->x0)] = 0;
-									} else {
-										tilec->data[x + i + (y + j) * (tilec->x1 - tilec->x0)] = tmp<0?(tmp>>1)+1:(tmp>>1);
-									}
+									tilec->data[x + i + (y + j) * (tilec->x1 - tilec->x0)] = tmp/2;
 								}
 							}
 						} else {		/* if (tcp->tccps[compno].qmfbid == 0) */