--- a/SmallInteger.st	Thu Oct 08 11:34:52 2015 +0200
+++ b/SmallInteger.st	Thu Oct 08 13:38:36 2015 +0200
@@ -407,13 +407,19 @@
         __qMKSFLOAT(newFloat, val);
         RETURN ( newFloat );
     } else if (__isFractionLike(aNumber)) {
+        INT myValue = __intVal(self);
         OBJ t = __FractionInstPtr(aNumber)->f_numerator;
+
+        if (myValue == 0) {
+            RETURN(__mkSmallInteger(0));
+        }
+
         if (__isSmallInteger(t)) {
             INT num = __intVal(t);
             t = __FractionInstPtr(aNumber)->f_denominator;
             if (__isSmallInteger(t)) {
-                INT prod = __intVal(self) * num;
-                if (prod / __intVal(self) == num) { // check for overflow
+                INT prod = myValue * num;
+                if (prod / myValue == num) { // check for overflow
                     INT den = __intVal(t);
                     INT quo = prod / den;
                     if (quo * den == prod) {        // check for integer result