diff --git a/include/gsl/multi_span b/include/gsl/multi_span
index 319aded..2ac8457 100644
--- a/include/gsl/multi_span
+++ b/include/gsl/multi_span
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ namespace details
     template <typename SizeType>
     struct SizeTypeTraits
     {
-        static const SizeType max_value = std::numeric_limits<SizeType>::max();
+        static const SizeType max_value = (std::numeric_limits<SizeType>::max)();
     };
 
     template <typename... Ts>