diff --git a/gio/gfileinfo.c b/gio/gfileinfo.c
index bd5a12789..bbe393eed 100644
--- a/gio/gfileinfo.c
+++ b/gio/gfileinfo.c
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ g_file_info_list_attributes (GFileInfo  *info,
   GFileAttribute *attrs;
   guint32 attribute;
   guint32 ns_id = (name_space) ? lookup_namespace (name_space) : 0;
-  int i;
+  guint i;
 
   g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_FILE_INFO (info), NULL);