diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_evas/ecore_evas_extn.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_evas/ecore_evas_extn.c
index a9ec1e6098..9e99ea33bf 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_evas/ecore_evas_extn.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_evas/ecore_evas_extn.c
@@ -1831,7 +1831,7 @@ _ipc_client_data(void *data, int type __UNUSED__, void *event)
 
 #define STRGET(val) \
          do { \
-              if ((ipc->val) && (ipc->val < (char *)(e->size - 1))) \
+              if ((ipc->val) && (ipc->val < (char *)(long)(e->size - 1))) \
               ipc->val = ((char *)ipc) + (long)ipc->val; \
               else \
               ipc->val = NULL; \