1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/arith.c b/arith.c
index ad7e3e69..a0d2ee10 100644
--- a/arith.c
+++ b/arith.c
@@ -3867,21 +3867,20 @@ bad:
 val logtrunc(val a, val bits)
 {
   val self = logtrunc_s;
-  cnum an, bn;
-  val b;
   const cnum num_mask = (NUM_MAX << 1) | 1;
 
   if (!fixnump(bits))
     goto bad2;
 
-  bn = c_n(bits);
-
-  if (bn < 0)
-    return zero;
 
   switch (type(a)) {
     mp_err mpe;
+    cnum an, bn;
+    val b;
   case NUM:
+    bn = c_n(bits);
+    if (bn <= 0)
+      return zero;
     an = c_n(a);
     if (bn <= NUM_BIT) {
       cnum mask = num_mask >> (NUM_BIT - bn);
@@ -3890,6 +3889,9 @@ val logtrunc(val a, val bits)
     a = bignum(an);
     /* fallthrough */
   case BGNUM:
+    bn = c_n(bits);
+    if (bn <= 0)
+      return zero;
     b = make_ubignum();
     if ((mpe = mp_trunc(mp(a), mp(b), bn)) != MP_OKAY)
       do_mp_error(self, mpe);