diff --git a/stdlib/public/core/Bit.swift b/stdlib/public/core/Bit.swift
index 02fd6fc6eb3d7..717ebd9e27eaf 100644
--- a/stdlib/public/core/Bit.swift
+++ b/stdlib/public/core/Bit.swift
@@ -94,11 +94,15 @@ public func < (lhs: Bit, rhs: Bit) -> Bool {
 }
 
 extension Bit : IntegerArithmeticType {
-  static func _withOverflow(v: (Int, overflow: Bool)) -> (Bit, overflow: Bool) {
-    if let b = Bit(rawValue: v.0) {
-      return (b, v.overflow)
+  static func _withOverflow(
+    intResult: Int, overflow: Bool
+  ) -> (Bit, overflow: Bool) {
+    if let bit = Bit(rawValue: intResult) {
+      return (bit, overflow: overflow)
     } else {
-      return (Bit(rawValue: v.0 % 2)!, true)
+      let bitRaw = intResult % 2 + (intResult < 0 ? 2 : 0)
+      let bit = Bit(rawValue: bitRaw)!
+      return (bit, overflow: true)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/test/1_stdlib/Bit.swift b/test/1_stdlib/Bit.swift
index feb5d5e4994e5..bbe8a41dc5e31 100644
--- a/test/1_stdlib/Bit.swift
+++ b/test/1_stdlib/Bit.swift
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ print(one.predecessor().rawValue)
 
 // CHECK-NEXT: 0
 print((one &+ one).rawValue)
+// CHECK-NEXT: 1
+print((zero &- one).rawValue)
 
 // CHECK: done.
 print("done.")