diff --git a/DAG.pas b/DAG.pas
index 784057b..ed27638 100644
--- a/DAG.pas
+++ b/DAG.pas
@@ -1166,6 +1166,12 @@ case op^.opcode of			{check for optimizations of this node}
                [cgByte,cgUByte,cgWord,cgUWord,cgLong,cgULong,cgReal,cgDouble,
                cgComp,cgExtended] then begin
                op^.left^.optype := totype.optype;
+               if totype.optype in [cgByte,cgUByte] then begin
+                  op^.left^.q := op^.left^.q & $00FF;
+                  if totype.optype = cgByte then
+                     if (op^.left^.q & $0080) <> 0 then
+                        op^.left^.q := op^.left^.q | $FF00;
+                  end; {if}
                opv := op^.left;
                end; {if}
          end {if}