diff --git a/gio/gfileinfo.c b/gio/gfileinfo.c
index fd11e1249..bd5a12789 100644
--- a/gio/gfileinfo.c
+++ b/gio/gfileinfo.c
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ g_file_info_has_namespace (GFileInfo  *info,
 {
   GFileAttribute *attrs;
   guint32 ns_id;
-  int i;
+  guint i;
 
   g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_FILE_INFO (info), FALSE);
   g_return_val_if_fail (name_space != NULL, FALSE);