diff --git a/wx/lib/intctrl.py b/wx/lib/intctrl.py
index 7f79a844..21bdd805 100644
--- a/wx/lib/intctrl.py
+++ b/wx/lib/intctrl.py
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ class IntCtrl(wx.TextCtrl):
             try:
                 return int( value )
             except ValueError:
-                if self.IsLongAllowed():
+                if self.IsLongAllowed() and (LONGTYPE is not int):
                     return LONGTYPE( value )
                 else:
                     raise