diff --git a/changes.txt b/changes.txt
index 5648e35..fb7e597 100644
--- a/changes.txt
+++ b/changes.txt
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ Changes in 1.9 (not yet released)
 
 --------------------------
 Changes in 1.8.6 
+- Avoid warning about stringop-overflow in string<T>::subString when compiling in release with newer gcc
 - Update library zlib to 1.2.11 (from 1.2.8)
 - Update library bzip2 to 1.0.8 (from 1.0.6)
 - Security: Fix buffer overflow caused by malformed md2 files. Thanks @procfs for reporting (https://irrlicht.sourceforge.io/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=52785)
diff --git a/examples/04.Movement/main.cpp b/examples/04.Movement/main.cpp
index e7d3777..6a3c94b 100644
--- a/examples/04.Movement/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/04.Movement/main.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public:
 		/*
 		Always return false by default. If you return true you tell the engine
 		that you handled this event completely and the Irrlicht should not
-		process it any further. So for example if you return true for all 
+		process it any further. So for example if you return true for all
 		EET_KEY_INPUT_EVENT events then Irrlicht would not pass on key-events
 		to it's GUI system.
 		*/
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public:
 	{
 		return KeyIsDown[keyCode];
 	}
-	
+
 	MyEventReceiver()
 	{
 		for (u32 i=0; i<KEY_KEY_CODES_COUNT; ++i)
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ private:
 The event receiver for keeping the pressed keys is ready, the actual responses
 will be made inside the render loop, right before drawing the scene. So lets
 create an irr::IrrlichtDevice and the scene node we want to move. We also
-create some additional scene nodes to show different possibilities to move and 
+create some additional scene nodes to show different possibilities to move and
 animate scene nodes.
 */
 int main()
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ int main()
 		return 1;
 
 	/*
-	Create the event receiver. Take care that the pointer to it has to 
+	Create the event receiver. Take care that the pointer to it has to
 	stay valid as long as the IrrlichtDevice uses it. Event receivers are not
 	reference counted.
 	*/
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ int main()
 	}
 
 	/*
-	The last scene node we add is a b3d model of a walking ninja. Is shows the 
+	The last scene node we add is a b3d model of a walking ninja. Is shows the
 	use of a 'fly straight' animator to move the node between two points.
 	*/
 	scene::IAnimatedMeshSceneNode* ninjaNode =
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ int main()
 		core::position2d<s32>(10,20));
 
 	/*
-	Lets draw the scene and also write the current frames per second and the 
+	Lets draw the scene and also write the current frames per second and the
 	name of the driver to the caption of the window.
 	*/
 	int lastFPS = -1;
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ int main()
 	In the end, delete the Irrlicht device.
 	*/
 	device->drop();
-	
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/irrString.h b/include/irrString.h
index 021086f..bc7a6a2 100644
--- a/include/irrString.h
+++ b/include/irrString.h
@@ -947,13 +947,13 @@ public:
 	\param make_lower copy only lower case */
 	string<T> subString(u32 begin, s32 length, bool make_lower = false ) const
 	{
+		// clamp length to maximal value
+		if ((length+begin) > size())
+			length = size()-begin;
 		// if start after string
 		// or no proper substring length
 		if ((length <= 0) || (begin>=size()))
 			return string<T>("");
-		// clamp length to maximal value
-		if ((length+begin) > size())
-			length = size()-begin;
 
 		string<T> o;
 		o.reserve(length+1);
diff --git a/tests/tests-last-passed-at.txt b/tests/tests-last-passed-at.txt
index 3cde178..fde0c2e 100644
--- a/tests/tests-last-passed-at.txt
+++ b/tests/tests-last-passed-at.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Tests finished. 72 tests of 72 passed.
-Compiled as DEBUG
-Test suite pass at GMT Sat May 14 18:16:57 2022
-
+Tests finished. 72 tests of 72 passed.
+Compiled as DEBUG
+Test suite pass at GMT Thu Sep 15 20:10:06 2022
+