diff --git a/src/lua/pickle.c b/src/lua/pickle.c
index e47ac11b4f4160a19fa2e4085e195fadf67ccb05..65208b5b3ab2480920b0350a5f72ca83cd1a0dcd 100644
--- a/src/lua/pickle.c
+++ b/src/lua/pickle.c
@@ -109,14 +109,14 @@ lbox_pack(struct lua_State *L)
 		case 'I':
 		case 'i':
 			/* signed and unsigned 32-bit integers */
-			if (field.type != MP_UINT && field.ival != MP_INT)
+			if (field.type != MP_UINT && field.type != MP_INT)
 				luaL_error(L, "pickle.pack: expected 32-bit int");
 
 			luaL_region_dup(L, buf, &field.ival, sizeof(uint32_t));
 			break;
 		case 'N':
 			/* signed and unsigned 32-bit big endian integers */
-			if (field.type != MP_UINT && field.ival != MP_INT)
+			if (field.type != MP_UINT && field.type != MP_INT)
 				luaL_error(L, "pickle.pack: expected 32-bit int");
 
 			field.ival = htonl(field.ival);
diff --git a/test/app/pack.result b/test/app/pack.result
index 8c1333abbbcebb8bb30ddfb4d78572faa18bd343..52f4be3cd3e9a61bf67fdc20644195e81b9ec648 100644
--- a/test/app/pack.result
+++ b/test/app/pack.result
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ pickle.pack('s', 0x4d)
 ---
 - "M\0"
 ...
+pickle.pack('i', -1)
+---
+- !!binary /////w==
+...
+pickle.pack('N', -1)
+---
+- !!binary /////w==
+...
 pickle.pack('ssss', 25940, 29811, 28448, 11883)
 ---
 - Test ok.
diff --git a/test/app/pack.test.lua b/test/app/pack.test.lua
index 8f7a6a0f45cf89c5e556a95a1306e28eb859ee7d..6ddd81cd48538b5e47d2b640a199a91c51fb4b25 100644
--- a/test/app/pack.test.lua
+++ b/test/app/pack.test.lua
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ pickle.pack('abc')
 pickle.pack('a', ' - hello')
 pickle.pack('Aa', ' - hello', ' world')
 pickle.pack('s', 0x4d)
+pickle.pack('i', -1)
+pickle.pack('N', -1)
 pickle.pack('ssss', 25940, 29811, 28448, 11883)
 pickle.pack('SSSS', 25940, 29811, 28448, 11883)
 pickle.pack('SSSSSSSS', 28493, 29550, 27680, 27497, 29541, 20512, 29285, 8556)