diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index 4af7f0273aae91..75a3461a9919f7 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -9314,13 +9314,13 @@ wrap_buffer(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, void *wrapped)
     if (flags == -1 && PyErr_Occurred()) {
         return NULL;
     }
-    if (flags > INT_MAX) {
+    if (flags > INT_MAX || flags < INT_MIN) {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError,
                         "buffer flags too large");
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    return _PyMemoryView_FromBufferProc(self, Py_SAFE_DOWNCAST(flags, Py_ssize_t, int),
+    return _PyMemoryView_FromBufferProc(self, (int)flags,
                                         (getbufferproc)wrapped);
 }