diff --git a/src/data.c b/src/data.c
index 89d00e56..d6f162fc 100644
--- a/src/data.c
+++ b/src/data.c
@@ -1076,11 +1076,11 @@ data load_data_detection(int n, char **paths, int m, int w, int h, int c, int bo
                     pright = tmp;
                 }
 
-                const int left_shift = min(cut_x[i], max(0, (-pleft*w / ow)));
-                const int top_shift = min(cut_y[i], max(0, (-ptop*h / oh)));
+                const int left_shift = min_val_cmp(cut_x[i], max_val_cmp(0, (-pleft*w / ow)));
+                const int top_shift = min_val_cmp(cut_y[i], max_val_cmp(0, (-ptop*h / oh)));
 
-                const int right_shift = min((w - cut_x[i]), max(0, (-pright*w / ow)));
-                const int bot_shift = min(h - cut_y[i], max(0, (-pbot*h / oh)));
+                const int right_shift = min_val_cmp((w - cut_x[i]), max_val_cmp(0, (-pright*w / ow)));
+                const int bot_shift = min_val_cmp(h - cut_y[i], max_val_cmp(0, (-pbot*h / oh)));
 
 
                 int k, x, y;
diff --git a/src/utils.h b/src/utils.h
index f7730d1c..9fa05fa7 100644
--- a/src/utils.h
+++ b/src/utils.h
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ int max_int_index(int *a, int n);
 boxabs box_to_boxabs(const box* b, const int img_w, const int img_h, const int bounds_check);
 int make_directory(char *path, int mode);
 
+#define max_val_cmp(a,b) (((a) > (b)) ? (a) : (b))
+#define min_val_cmp(a,b) (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif