diff --git a/rpmio/digest.c b/rpmio/digest.c

index c360919..64b678b 100644

--- a/rpmio/digest.c

+++ b/rpmio/digest.c

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ int

 rpmDigestFinal(DIGEST_CTX ctx, void ** datap, size_t *lenp, int asAscii)

 {

     unsigned char * digest;

-    size_t digestlen;

+    unsigned int digestlen;

     if (ctx == NULL)

 	return -1;