diff --git a/lstrlib.c b/lstrlib.c
index eb38b67d..8d6573a6 100644
--- a/lstrlib.c
+++ b/lstrlib.c
@@ -37,16 +37,6 @@
 #endif
 
 
-/*
-** Some sizes are better limited to fit in 'int', but must also fit in
-** 'size_t'. (We assume that 'lua_Integer' cannot be smaller than 'int'.)
-*/
-#define MAXSIZE  \
-	(sizeof(size_t) < sizeof(int) ? MAX_SIZET : (size_t)(INT_MAX))
-
-
-
-
 static int str_len (lua_State *L) {
   size_t l;
   luaL_checklstring(L, 1, &l);
@@ -149,10 +139,10 @@ static int str_rep (lua_State *L) {
   const char *sep = luaL_optlstring(L, 3, "", &lsep);
   if (n <= 0)
     lua_pushliteral(L, "");
-  else if (l_unlikely(l + lsep < l || l + lsep > MAXSIZE / n))
+  else if (l_unlikely(l + lsep < l || l + lsep > MAX_SIZE / n))
     return luaL_error(L, "resulting string too large");
   else {
-    size_t totallen = (size_t)n * l + (size_t)(n - 1) * lsep;
+    size_t totallen = ((size_t)n * (l + lsep)) - lsep;
     luaL_Buffer b;
     char *p = luaL_buffinitsize(L, &b, totallen);
     while (n-- > 1) {  /* first n-1 copies (followed by separator) */
diff --git a/testes/strings.lua b/testes/strings.lua
index c124b369..a0204309 100644
--- a/testes/strings.lua
+++ b/testes/strings.lua
@@ -109,10 +109,9 @@ assert(string.rep('teste', 0) == '')
 assert(string.rep('tés\00tê', 2) == 'tés\0têtés\000tê')
 assert(string.rep('', 10) == '')
 
-if string.packsize("i") == 4 then
-  -- result length would be 2^31 (int overflow)
-  checkerror("too large", string.rep, 'aa', (1 << 30))
-  checkerror("too large", string.rep, 'a', (1 << 30), ',')
+do
+  checkerror("too large", string.rep, 'aa', math.maxinteger);
+  checkerror("too large", string.rep, 'a', math.maxinteger/2, ',')
 end
 
 -- repetitions with separator