diff --git a/src/switch_core_codec.c b/src/switch_core_codec.c
index f21b7cb288..edaf8b87e9 100644
--- a/src/switch_core_codec.c
+++ b/src/switch_core_codec.c
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_core_codec_init_with_bitrate(switch_codec
 	/* If no specific codec interval is requested opt for 20ms above all else because lots of stuff assumes it */
 	if (!ms) {
 		for (iptr = codec_interface->implementations; iptr; iptr = iptr->next) {
-			if ((!rate || rate == iptr->samples_per_second) && (!bitrate || bitrate == iptr->bits_per_second) &&
+			if ((!rate || rate == iptr->samples_per_second) && (!bitrate || bitrate == (uint32_t)iptr->bits_per_second) &&
 				(20 == (iptr->microseconds_per_packet / 1000)) && (!channels || channels == iptr->number_of_channels)) {
 				implementation = iptr;
 				goto found;
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_core_codec_init_with_bitrate(switch_codec
 
 	/* Either looking for a specific interval or there was no interval specified and there wasn't one @20ms available */
 	for (iptr = codec_interface->implementations; iptr; iptr = iptr->next) {
-		if ((!rate || rate == iptr->samples_per_second) && (!bitrate || bitrate == iptr->bits_per_second) &&
+		if ((!rate || rate == iptr->samples_per_second) && (!bitrate || bitrate == (uint32_t)iptr->bits_per_second) &&
 			(!ms || ms == (iptr->microseconds_per_packet / 1000)) && (!channels || channels == iptr->number_of_channels)) {
 			implementation = iptr;
 			break;