2 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/xpath.c b/xpath.c
index a9f29685..5211b126 100644
--- a/xpath.c
+++ b/xpath.c
@@ -12386,7 +12386,7 @@ xmlXPathNodeCollectAndTest(xmlXPathParserContextPtr ctxt,
 			    default:
 				break;
 			}
-		    } else if (cur->type == type) {
+		    } else if (cur->type == (xmlElementType) type) {
 			if (cur->type == XML_NAMESPACE_DECL)
 			    XP_TEST_HIT_NS
 			else
diff --git a/xpointer.c b/xpointer.c
index c8ebff3c..6a41f079 100644
--- a/xpointer.c
+++ b/xpointer.c
@@ -467,8 +467,6 @@ xmlXPtrNewRangeNodePoint(xmlNodePtr start, xmlXPathObjectPtr end) {
 	return(NULL);
     if (end == NULL)
 	return(NULL);
-    if (start->type != XPATH_POINT)
-	return(NULL);
     if (end->type != XPATH_POINT)
 	return(NULL);