diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 98c47b5e..120e82e1 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-11-21  Daniel Stenberg  <daniel@haxx.se>
+
+	* iri.c (remote_to_utf8): Fix compiler warning
+
 2014-11-20  Tim Ruehsen <tim.ruehsen@gmx.de>
 
 	* progress.c: Fix code for undefined USE_NLS_PROGRESS_BAR
diff --git a/src/iri.c b/src/iri.c
index d924699e..75ba3e0d 100644
--- a/src/iri.c
+++ b/src/iri.c
@@ -279,9 +279,9 @@ remote_to_utf8 (struct iri *iri, const char *str, const char **new)
      function. */
   if (!c_strcasecmp (iri->uri_encoding, "UTF-8"))
     {
-      const char *p = str;
-      for (p = str; *p; p++)
-        if (*p < 0 || *p > 127)
+      const unsigned char *p;
+      for (p = (unsigned char *) str; *p; p++)
+        if (*p > 127)
           {
             *new = strdup (str);
             return true;