diff --git a/Changes.md b/Changes.md
index 942c4aee..cee28510 100644
--- a/Changes.md
+++ b/Changes.md
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
   of binaries (e.g., `mmdblookup`) with the `MAXMINDDB_BUILD_BINARIES`
   option and the install target generation with the `MAXMINDDB_INSTALL`
   option. Pull request by Seena Fallah. GitHub #342.
+* The reader can now lookup records on a database with a search tree
+  that is greater than 4 gigabytes without sometimes returning erroneous
+  results due to an integer overflow.
 
 ## 1.9.1 - 2024-01-09
 
diff --git a/src/maxminddb.c b/src/maxminddb.c
index 47e4ae15..55a3ce20 100644
--- a/src/maxminddb.c
+++ b/src/maxminddb.c
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ static int find_address_in_search_tree(const MMDB_s *const mmdb,
         return MMDB_UNKNOWN_DATABASE_FORMAT_ERROR;
     }
 
-    uint32_t value = 0;
+    uint64_t value = 0;
     uint16_t current_bit = 0;
     if (mmdb->metadata.ip_version == 6 && address_family == AF_INET) {
         value = mmdb->ipv4_start_node.node_value;
@@ -961,6 +961,7 @@ static int find_address_in_search_tree(const MMDB_s *const mmdb,
         uint8_t bit =
             1U & (address[current_bit >> 3] >> (7 - (current_bit % 8)));
 
+        // Note that value*record_info.record_length can be larger than 2**32
         record_pointer = &search_tree[value * record_info.record_length];
         if (record_pointer + record_info.record_length > mmdb->data_section) {
             return MMDB_CORRUPT_SEARCH_TREE_ERROR;