diff --git a/builtin/ls-files.c b/builtin/ls-files.c
index 7f83c9a6f2..670e8fb93c 100644
--- a/builtin/ls-files.c
+++ b/builtin/ls-files.c
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ static void prune_index(struct index_state *istate,
 	first = pos;
 	last = istate->cache_nr;
 	while (last > first) {
-		int next = (last + first) >> 1;
+		int next = first + ((last - first) >> 1);
 		const struct cache_entry *ce = istate->cache[next];
 		if (!strncmp(ce->name, prefix, prefixlen)) {
 			first = next+1;
diff --git a/diffcore-rename.c b/diffcore-rename.c
index 07bd34b631..6af92d5eba 100644
--- a/diffcore-rename.c
+++ b/diffcore-rename.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ static int find_rename_dst(struct diff_filespec *two)
 	first = 0;
 	last = rename_dst_nr;
 	while (last > first) {
-		int next = (last + first) >> 1;
+		int next = first + ((last - first) >> 1);
 		struct diff_rename_dst *dst = &(rename_dst[next]);
 		int cmp = strcmp(two->path, dst->two->path);
 		if (!cmp)
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static struct diff_rename_src *register_rename_src(struct diff_filepair *p)
 	first = 0;
 	last = rename_src_nr;
 	while (last > first) {
-		int next = (last + first) >> 1;
+		int next = first + ((last - first) >> 1);
 		struct diff_rename_src *src = &(rename_src[next]);
 		int cmp = strcmp(one->path, src->p->one->path);
 		if (!cmp)
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index ba4a51c296..d021c908e5 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ static struct untracked_cache_dir *lookup_untracked(struct untracked_cache *uc,
 	first = 0;
 	last = dir->dirs_nr;
 	while (last > first) {
-		int cmp, next = (last + first) >> 1;
+		int cmp, next = first + ((last - first) >> 1);
 		d = dir->dirs[next];
 		cmp = strncmp(name, d->name, len);
 		if (!cmp && strlen(d->name) > len)
diff --git a/name-hash.c b/name-hash.c
index b4861bc7b0..695908609f 100644
--- a/name-hash.c
+++ b/name-hash.c
@@ -345,8 +345,9 @@ static int handle_range_dir(
 	else {
 		int begin = k_start;
 		int end = k_end;
+		assert(begin >= 0);
 		while (begin < end) {
-			int mid = (begin + end) >> 1;
+			int mid = begin + ((end - begin) >> 1);
 			int cmp = strncmp(istate->cache[mid]->name, prefix->buf, prefix->len);
 			if (cmp == 0) /* mid has same prefix; look in second part */
 				begin = mid + 1;
diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index 22e7b9944e..4f81fca320 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ static int index_name_stage_pos(const struct index_state *istate, const char *na
 	first = 0;
 	last = istate->cache_nr;
 	while (last > first) {
-		int next = (last + first) >> 1;
+		int next = first + ((last - first) >> 1);
 		struct cache_entry *ce = istate->cache[next];
 		int cmp = cache_name_stage_compare(name, namelen, stage, ce->name, ce_namelen(ce), ce_stage(ce));
 		if (!cmp)
diff --git a/sh-i18n--envsubst.c b/sh-i18n--envsubst.c
index cecfdd36c7..e7430b9aa8 100644
--- a/sh-i18n--envsubst.c
+++ b/sh-i18n--envsubst.c
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ sorted_string_list_member (const string_list_ty *slp, const char *s)
 	{
 	  /* Here we know that if s is in the list, it is at an index j
 	     with j1 <= j < j2.  */
-	  size_t j = (j1 + j2) >> 1;
+	  size_t j = j1 + ((j2 - j1) >> 1);
 	  int result = strcmp (slp->item[j], s);
 
 	  if (result > 0)