diff --git a/physfs_unicode.c b/physfs_unicode.c
index 030bcc8..49be451 100644
--- a/physfs_unicode.c
+++ b/physfs_unicode.c
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ static void utf8fromcodepoint(PHYSFS_uint32 cp, char **_dst, PHYSFS_uint64 *_len
     len--;  \
     while (len) \
     { \
-        const PHYSFS_uint32 cp = (PHYSFS_uint32) *(src++); \
+        const PHYSFS_uint32 cp = (PHYSFS_uint32) ((typ) (*(src++))); \
         if (cp == 0) break; \
         utf8fromcodepoint(cp, &dst, &len); \
     } \