diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 917c521cc..5d49004fb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ Security
 Bugfix
    * Fix compilation failure when both MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_DTLS and
      MBEDTLS_SSL_HW_RECORD_ACCEL are enabled.
+   * Remove a spurious check in ssl_parse_client_psk_identity that triggered
+     a warning with some compilers. Fix contributed by irwir in #2856.
 
 Changes
    * Mbed Crypto is no longer a Git submodule. The crypto part of the library
diff --git a/library/ssl_cli.c b/library/ssl_cli.c
index c0b440a2d..ff6b7b69e 100644
--- a/library/ssl_cli.c
+++ b/library/ssl_cli.c
@@ -2344,7 +2344,7 @@ static int ssl_parse_server_psk_hint( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl,
                                       unsigned char *end )
 {
     int ret = MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_FEATURE_UNAVAILABLE;
-    size_t  len;
+    uint16_t  len;
     ((void) ssl);
 
     /*
@@ -2361,7 +2361,7 @@ static int ssl_parse_server_psk_hint( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl,
     len = (*p)[0] << 8 | (*p)[1];
     *p += 2;
 
-    if( end - (*p) < (int) len )
+    if( end - (*p) < len )
     {
         MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 1, ( "bad server key exchange message "
                                     "(psk_identity_hint length)" ) );
diff --git a/library/ssl_srv.c b/library/ssl_srv.c
index 469c67eec..006bc69c3 100644
--- a/library/ssl_srv.c
+++ b/library/ssl_srv.c
@@ -3812,7 +3812,7 @@ static int ssl_parse_client_psk_identity( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl, unsigned cha
                                           const unsigned char *end )
 {
     int ret = 0;
-    size_t n;
+    uint16_t n;
 
     if( ssl_conf_has_psk_or_cb( ssl->conf ) == 0 )
     {
@@ -3832,7 +3832,7 @@ static int ssl_parse_client_psk_identity( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl, unsigned cha
     n = ( (*p)[0] << 8 ) | (*p)[1];
     *p += 2;
 
-    if( n < 1 || n > 65535 || n > (size_t) ( end - *p ) )
+    if( n == 0 || n > end - *p )
     {
         MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 1, ( "bad client key exchange message" ) );
         return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_BAD_HS_CLIENT_KEY_EXCHANGE );