diff --git a/RegularExpression.cxx b/RegularExpression.cxx
index 4f74eba532383b03e730365d1805311b27158a69..fb4e38029add9ca443038d20ee5964391c5bdd48 100644
--- a/RegularExpression.cxx
+++ b/RegularExpression.cxx
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ bool RegularExpression::compile(const char* exp)
   this->regmatch.clear();
 
   // Small enough for pointer-storage convention?
-  if (comp.regsize >= 32767L) { // Probably could be 65535L.
+  if (comp.regsize >= 65535L) {
     // RAISE Error, SYM(RegularExpression), SYM(Expr_Too_Big),
     printf("RegularExpression::compile(): Expression too big.\n");
     return false;