RTLIL::SigSpec sig_a = assign_map(cell->getPort(ID::A));
                                RTLIL::SigSpec sig_b = assign_map(cell->getPort(ID::B));
                                RTLIL::SigSpec sig_y = cell->getPort(ID::Y);
+                               bool is_signed = cell->getParam(ID::A_SIGNED).as_bool();
                                bool sub = cell->type == ID($sub);
 
+                               int minsz = GetSize(sig_y);
+                               minsz = std::min(minsz, GetSize(sig_a));
+                               minsz = std::min(minsz, GetSize(sig_b));
+
                                int i;
-                               for (i = 0; i < GetSize(sig_y); i++) {
-                                       RTLIL::SigBit b = sig_b.at(i, State::Sx);
-                                       RTLIL::SigBit a = sig_a.at(i, State::Sx);
-                                       if (b == State::S0 && a != State::Sx)
+                               for (i = 0; i < minsz; i++) {
+                                       RTLIL::SigBit b = sig_b[i];
+                                       RTLIL::SigBit a = sig_a[i];
+                                       if (b == State::S0)
                                                module->connect(sig_y[i], a);
                                        else if (sub && b == State::S1 && a == State::S1)
                                                module->connect(sig_y[i], State::S0);
-                                       else if (!sub && a == State::S0 && b != State::Sx)
+                                       else if (!sub && a == State::S0)
                                                module->connect(sig_y[i], b);
                                        else
                                                break;
                                }
                                if (i > 0) {
                                        cover_list("opt.opt_expr.fine", "$add", "$sub", cell->type.str());
-                                       cell->setPort(ID::A, sig_a.extract_end(i));
-                                       cell->setPort(ID::B, sig_b.extract_end(i));
+                                       log_debug("Stripping %d LSB bits of %s cell %s in module %s.\n", i, log_id(cell->type), log_id(cell), log_id(module));
+                                       SigSpec new_a = sig_a.extract_end(i);
+                                       SigSpec new_b = sig_b.extract_end(i);
+                                       if (new_a.empty() && is_signed)
+                                               new_a = sig_a[i-1];
+                                       if (new_b.empty() && is_signed)
+                                               new_b = sig_b[i-1];
+                                       cell->setPort(ID::A, new_a);
+                                       cell->setPort(ID::B, new_b);
                                        cell->setPort(ID::Y, sig_y.extract_end(i));
                                        cell->fixup_parameters();
                                        did_something = true;