diff --git a/vlib/builtin/int.v b/vlib/builtin/int.v
index a10bd1bb9d..ab137a399e 100644
--- a/vlib/builtin/int.v
+++ b/vlib/builtin/int.v
@@ -42,15 +42,15 @@ pub const max_i16 = i16(32767)
 pub const min_i32 = i32(-2147483648)
 pub const max_i32 = i32(2147483647)
 
-pub const min_int = $if new_int ? { int(min_i64) } $else { int(min_i32) }
-pub const max_int = $if new_int ? { int(max_i64) } $else { int(max_i32) }
-
 // -9223372036854775808 is wrong, because C compilers parse literal values
 // without sign first, and 9223372036854775808 overflows i64, hence the
 // consecutive subtraction by 1
 pub const min_i64 = i64(-9223372036854775807 - 1)
 pub const max_i64 = i64(9223372036854775807)
 
+pub const min_int = $if new_int ? { int(min_i64) } $else { int(min_i32) }
+pub const max_int = $if new_int ? { int(max_i64) } $else { int(max_i32) }
+
 pub const min_u8 = u8(0)
 pub const max_u8 = u8(255)