diff --git a/radio/src/storage/yaml/yaml_bits.cpp b/radio/src/storage/yaml/yaml_bits.cpp
index 161f3e0b3..34b06f05e 100644
--- a/radio/src/storage/yaml/yaml_bits.cpp
+++ b/radio/src/storage/yaml/yaml_bits.cpp
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ char* yaml_rgb2hex(uint32_t i)
 
 int32_t yaml_to_signed(uint32_t i, uint32_t bits)
 {
-    if (i & (1 << (bits-1))) {
+    if (bits < 32 && (i & (1 << (bits-1)))) {
         i |= 0xFFFFFFFF << bits;
     }