diff --git a/include/nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp b/include/nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp
index 8d4febcbfa..6501dadd81 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <cmath> // isfinite
 #include <cstdint> // uint8_t
 #include <functional> // function
+#include <limits> // numeric_limits
 #include <string> // string
 #include <utility> // move
 #include <vector> // vector
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ class parser
                 {
                     case token_type::begin_object:
                     {
-                        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(not sax->start_object(std::size_t(-1))))
+                        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(not sax->start_object((std::numeric_limits<std::size_t>::max)())))
                         {
                             return false;
                         }