diff --git a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpObjectAggregator.java b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpObjectAggregator.java
index 08de185041..635ab81fb1 100644
--- a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpObjectAggregator.java
+++ b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpObjectAggregator.java
@@ -114,13 +114,13 @@ public class HttpObjectAggregator
 
     @Override
     protected boolean isContentLengthInvalid(HttpMessage start, int maxContentLength) {
-        return getContentLength(start, -1) > maxContentLength;
+        return getContentLength(start, -1L) > maxContentLength;
     }
 
     @Override
     protected Object newContinueResponse(HttpMessage start, int maxContentLength, ChannelPipeline pipeline) {
         if (HttpUtil.is100ContinueExpected(start)) {
-            if (getContentLength(start, -1) <= maxContentLength) {
+            if (getContentLength(start, -1L) <= maxContentLength) {
                 return CONTINUE.duplicate().retain();
             }
 
diff --git a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpObjectDecoder.java b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpObjectDecoder.java
index 8136ba7b94..1982e95932 100644
--- a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpObjectDecoder.java
+++ b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpObjectDecoder.java
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ public abstract class HttpObjectDecoder extends ByteToMessageDecoder {
 
     private long contentLength() {
         if (contentLength == Long.MIN_VALUE) {
-            contentLength = HttpUtil.getContentLength(message, -1);
+            contentLength = HttpUtil.getContentLength(message, -1L);
         }
         return contentLength;
     }