diff --git a/newlib/libm/math/ef_pow.c b/newlib/libm/math/ef_pow.c
index e3579f071..07b225f8c 100644
--- a/newlib/libm/math/ef_pow.c
+++ b/newlib/libm/math/ef_pow.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ ivln2_l  =  7.0526075433e-06; /* 0x36eca570 =1/ln2 tail*/
     /* |y| is huge */
 	if(iy>0x4d000000) { /* if |y| > 2**27 */
 	/* over/underflow if x is not close to one */
-	    if(ix<0x3f7ffff8) return (hy<0)? __math_oflowf(0):__math_uflowf(0);
+	    if(ix<0x3f7ffff4) return (hy<0)? __math_oflowf(0):__math_uflowf(0);
 	    if(ix>0x3f800007) return (hy>0)? __math_oflowf(0):__math_uflowf(0);
 	/* now |1-x| is tiny <= 2**-20, suffice to compute 
 	   log(x) by x-x^2/2+x^3/3-x^4/4 */