diff --git a/generate/generate.go b/generate/generate.go
index 5e85502..5538075 100644
--- a/generate/generate.go
+++ b/generate/generate.go
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ func (this *Generator) generateDecodeValue(typ Type, typeName, valueSource, tagS
 		this.pop()
 		nn, err = this.iprintf("}\n")
 		n += nn; if err != nil { return n, err }
-		nn, err = this.iprintf("buffer := make([]byte, int(%s))\n", lengthVar)
+		nn, err = this.iprintf("buffer := make([]byte, %s)\n", lengthVar)
 		n += nn; if err != nil { return n, err }
 		nn, err = this.iprintf("nn, err = decoder.Read(buffer)\n")
 		n += nn; if err != nil { return n, err }
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ func (this *Generator) generateDecodeBranch(hash [16]byte, typ Type, typeName st
 			// problems
 
 			// read fields
-			nn, err = this.iprintf("for _ = range int(%s) {\n", lengthVar)
+			nn, err = this.iprintf("for _ = range %s {\n", lengthVar)
 			n += nn; if err != nil { return n, err }
 			this.push()
 				// read field header