diff --git a/gio/gfileinfo.c b/gio/gfileinfo.c
index 67b261959..f29864709 100644
--- a/gio/gfileinfo.c
+++ b/gio/gfileinfo.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ g_file_info_copy_into (GFileInfo *src_info,
                        GFileInfo *dest_info)
 {
   GFileAttribute *source, *dest;
-  int i;
+  guint i;
 
   g_return_if_fail (G_IS_FILE_INFO (src_info));
   g_return_if_fail (G_IS_FILE_INFO (dest_info));