diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3577425..dcd6a51 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-11-03  Richard B. Kreckel  <kreckel@ginac.de>
+
+	* src/base/digitseq/cl_asm_i386_.cc (compare_loop_up, 
+	compare_loop_down): Fix empty ranges.
+
 2007-10-12  Richard B. Kreckel  <kreckel@ginac.de>
 
 	Fix compilation on CYGWIN:
diff --git a/src/base/digitseq/cl_asm_i386_.cc b/src/base/digitseq/cl_asm_i386_.cc
index 24e0bb2..2d67b9e 100644
--- a/src/base/digitseq/cl_asm_i386_.cc
+++ b/src/base/digitseq/cl_asm_i386_.cc
@@ -536,6 +536,7 @@ C(compare_loop_up:)
             movl    4(%esp),%esi    // %esi = xptr
             movl    8(%esp),%edi    // %edi = yptr
             movl    12(%esp),%ecx   // %ecx = count
+            cmp     %ecx,%ecx       // initialize flags for the case %ecx is 0
             dir0start
             repz                    // Falls %ecx > 0:
               cmpsl                 // %ecx mal aufwärts (%edi) und (%esi) vergleichen
@@ -1377,6 +1378,7 @@ C(compare_loop_down:)
             movl    12(%esp),%ecx   // %ecx = count
             leal    -4(%esi),%esi
             leal    -4(%edi),%edi
+            cmp     %ecx,%ecx       // initialize flags for the case %ecx is 0
             dir1start
             repz                    // Falls %ecx > 0:
               cmpsl                 // %ecx mal aufwärts (%edi) und (%esi) vergleichen