diff --git a/src/pieces/byte_array.cpp b/src/pieces/byte_array.cpp
index a7af46c..8664ce7 100644
--- a/src/pieces/byte_array.cpp
+++ b/src/pieces/byte_array.cpp
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ ByteArray::Data::~Data()
 void ByteArray::Data::allocate(size_t size)
 {
     // Test for super-large size (2 GB)
-    if (size & 0x80000000)
+    if (size > 0x80000000)
         throw IOException("ByteArray::Data::allocate", "Size too large");
 
     size_t wanted = 1;
diff --git a/src/test/test_byte_array.cpp b/src/test/test_byte_array.cpp
index 7e49a17..2ba5c7a 100644
--- a/src/test/test_byte_array.cpp
+++ b/src/test/test_byte_array.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "support.h"
 #include <Pieces/ByteArray>
+#include <Pieces/Exception>
 
 using pcs::ByteArray;
 
@@ -302,13 +303,21 @@ CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_REGISTRATION(TestByteArrayExtending);
 class TestByteArrayResize : public CppUnit::TestFixture
 {
     CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE(TestByteArrayResize);
+    CPPUNIT_TEST(testTrivialResize);
     CPPUNIT_TEST(testIncreaseSize);
     CPPUNIT_TEST(testDecreaseSize);
     CPPUNIT_TEST(testIncreaseSizeAndKeepContent);
     CPPUNIT_TEST(testDecreaseSizeAndKeepContent);
+    CPPUNIT_TEST(testSuperSize);
     CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_END();
 
 public:
+    void testTrivialResize() {
+        ByteArray ba("foo", 3);
+        ba.resize(3);
+        CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(ByteArray("foo", 3), ba);
+    }
+
     void testIncreaseSize() {
         ByteArray ba;
         ba.resize(10);
@@ -339,5 +348,12 @@ class TestByteArrayResize : public CppUnit::TestFixture
         CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(3ul, ba.size());
         CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(ByteArray("foo", 3), ba);
     }
+
+    void testSuperSize() {
+        ByteArray ba;
+        CPPUNIT_ASSERT_NO_THROW(ba.resize(0x80000000ul));
+        CPPUNIT_ASSERT_THROW(ba.resize(0x100000000ull), pcs::Exception);
+        CPPUNIT_ASSERT_THROW(ba.resize(0xffffffff00000000ull), pcs::Exception);
+    }
 };
 CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_REGISTRATION(TestByteArrayResize);