1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/rt/vm.cc b/src/rt/vm.cc
index 2fe4da1c..a0f4f2e3 100644
--- a/src/rt/vm.cc
+++ b/src/rt/vm.cc
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ namespace OpenAxiom {
 
       Fixnum
       count_nodes(Pair p) {
-         Fixnum n = 1;
+         FixnumBits n = 1;
          for (; auto q = to_pair_if_can(p->tail); p = q)
             ++n;
-         return n;
+         return Fixnum(n);
       }
 
       // -- BasicContext --