diff --git a/lfs.c b/lfs.c
index 00210d7..24dbec3 100644
--- a/lfs.c
+++ b/lfs.c
@@ -977,7 +977,8 @@ static int lfs_dir_fetch(lfs_t *lfs,
         lfs_mdir_t *dir, const lfs_block_t pair[2]) {
     // note, mask=-1, tag=-1 can never match a tag since this
     // pattern has the invalid bit set
-    return (int)lfs_dir_fetchmatch(lfs, dir, pair, -1, -1, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+    return (int)lfs_dir_fetchmatch(lfs, dir, pair,
+            (lfs_tag_t)-1, (lfs_tag_t)-1, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
 static int lfs_dir_getgstate(lfs_t *lfs, const lfs_mdir_t *dir,