diff --git a/toolchain/parse/tree_and_subtrees.h b/toolchain/parse/tree_and_subtrees.h
index 3f75e42bf3b1..c3679f514775 100644
--- a/toolchain/parse/tree_and_subtrees.h
+++ b/toolchain/parse/tree_and_subtrees.h
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class TreeAndSubtrees::SiblingIterator
 
   using iterator_facade_base::operator++;
   auto operator++() -> SiblingIterator& {
-    node_.index -= std::abs(tree_->subtree_sizes_[node_.index]);
+    node_.index -= tree_->subtree_sizes_[node_.index];
     return *this;
   }