minor cmplog fix
diff --git a/docs/Changelog.md b/docs/Changelog.md
index 71ef4c2..477498d 100644
--- a/docs/Changelog.md
+++ b/docs/Changelog.md
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
       support (less performant than our own), GCC for old afl-gcc and
       CLANG for old afl-clang
     - fixed a potential crash in the LAF feature
+    - workaround for llvm bitcast lto bug
     - workaround for llvm 13
   - qemuafl
     - QASan (address sanitizer for Qemu) ported to qemuafl!
diff --git a/instrumentation/cmplog-instructions-pass.cc b/instrumentation/cmplog-instructions-pass.cc
index 50ade9f..dbca9af 100644
--- a/instrumentation/cmplog-instructions-pass.cc
+++ b/instrumentation/cmplog-instructions-pass.cc
@@ -266,13 +266,20 @@
       unsigned int  max_size = Val->getType()->getIntegerBitWidth(), cast_size;
       unsigned char do_cast = 0;
 
-      if (!SI->getNumCases() || max_size < 16 || max_size % 8) {
+      if (!SI->getNumCases() || max_size < 16) {
 
         // if (!be_quiet) errs() << "skip trivial switch..\n";
         continue;
 
       }
 
+      if (max_size % 8) {
+
+        max_size = (((max_size / 8) + 1) * 8);
+        do_cast = 1;
+
+      }
+
       IRBuilder<> IRB(SI->getParent());
       IRB.SetInsertPoint(SI);
 
@@ -310,8 +317,10 @@
       Value *CompareTo = Val;
 
       if (do_cast) {
+
         CompareTo =
             IRB.CreateIntCast(CompareTo, IntegerType::get(C, cast_size), false);
+
       }
 
       for (SwitchInst::CaseIt i = SI->case_begin(), e = SI->case_end(); i != e;
@@ -331,8 +340,10 @@
           Value *new_param = cint;
 
           if (do_cast) {
+
             new_param =
                 IRB.CreateIntCast(cint, IntegerType::get(C, cast_size), false);
+
           }
 
           if (new_param) {
@@ -490,7 +501,14 @@
 
       }
 
-      if (!max_size || max_size % 8 || max_size < 16) { continue; }
+      if (!max_size || max_size < 16) { continue; }
+
+      if (max_size % 8) {
+
+        max_size = (((max_size / 8) + 1) * 8);
+        do_cast = 1;
+
+      }
 
       if (max_size > 128) {