diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3ec73c697..5adf02ade 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2009-07-03  suzuki toshiya <mpsuzuki@hiroshima-u.ac.jp>
+
+	smooth: Exclude 16-bit system in invalid pitch/height check.
+
+	* src/smooth/ftsmooth.c (ft_smooth_render_generic):
+	pitch and height are typed as FT_UInt but checked to fit
+	16-bit range, to avoid the overflows.  On 16-bit system,
+	this checking inserts a conditional that never occurs.
+
 2009-07-03  suzuki toshiya <mpsuzuki@hiroshima-u.ac.jp>
 
 	cff: Type large constants > 0x7FFF as long for 16-bit systems.
diff --git a/src/smooth/ftsmooth.c b/src/smooth/ftsmooth.c
index 153cb1d88..31180be33 100644
--- a/src/smooth/ftsmooth.c
+++ b/src/smooth/ftsmooth.c
@@ -196,6 +196,10 @@
 
 #endif
 
+#if FT_UINT_MAX > 0xFFFFU
+
+  /* if pitch or height is not FT_UInt, check must be enabled */
+
     if ( pitch > 0xFFFF || height > 0xFFFF )
     {
       FT_ERROR(( "ft_smooth_render_generic: glyph too large: %d x %d\n",
@@ -203,6 +207,8 @@
       return Smooth_Err_Raster_Overflow;
     }
 
+#endif
+
     bitmap->pixel_mode = FT_PIXEL_MODE_GRAY;
     bitmap->num_grays  = 256;
     bitmap->width      = width;