diff --git a/os/access.c b/os/access.c
index f393c8d54..28f2d3213 100644
--- a/os/access.c
+++ b/os/access.c
@@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ GetHosts(void **data, int *pnHosts, int *pLen, BOOL * pEnabled)
         }
         for (host = validhosts; host; host = host->next) {
             len = host->len;
-            if ((ptr + sizeof(xHostEntry) + len) > (data + n))
+            if ((ptr + sizeof(xHostEntry) + len) > ((unsigned char *) *data + n))
                 break;
             ((xHostEntry *) ptr)->family = host->family;
             ((xHostEntry *) ptr)->length = len;