diff --git a/lib/ultrajsondec.c b/lib/ultrajsondec.c
index 5304604..bccb0aa 100644
--- a/lib/ultrajsondec.c
+++ b/lib/ultrajsondec.c
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ static JSOBJ SetError( struct DecoderState *ds, int offset, const char *message)
 static FASTCALL_ATTR JSOBJ FASTCALL_MSVC decodeDouble(struct DecoderState *ds)
 {
   int processed_characters_count;
+  /* Prevent int overflow if ds->end - ds->start is too large. See check_decode_decimal_no_int_overflow()
+  inside tests/test_ujson.py for an example where this check is necessary. */
   int len = ((size_t) (ds->end - ds->start) < (size_t) INT_MAX) ? (int) (ds->end - ds->start) : INT_MAX;
   double value = dconv_s2d(ds->dec->s2d, ds->start, len, &processed_characters_count);
   ds->lastType = JT_DOUBLE;
diff --git a/tests/test_ujson.py b/tests/test_ujson.py
index c605691..41d17d6 100644
--- a/tests/test_ujson.py
+++ b/tests/test_ujson.py
@@ -1124,9 +1124,15 @@ def test_separators_errors(separators, expected_exception):
         ujson.dumps({"a": 0, "b": 1}, separators=separators)
 
 
-def test_decode_decimal_no_int_overflow():
-    # Takes a while because the string is large; feel free to comment out or remove
-    ujson.decode(r'[0.123456789,"{}"]'.format("a" * (2**32 - 5)))
+"""
+The following checks are not part of the standard test suite.
+They can be run manually as follows:
+python -c 'from tests.test_ujson import check_foo; check_foo()'
+"""
+def check_decode_decimal_no_int_overflow():
+    # Requires enough free RAM to hold a ~4GB string in memory
+    decoded = ujson.decode(r'[0.123456789,"{}"]'.format("a" * (2**32 - 5)))
+    assert decoded[0] == 0.123456789
 
 
 """