diff --git a/gio/gfileinfo.c b/gio/gfileinfo.c
index 31c654f06..47637aac1 100644
--- a/gio/gfileinfo.c
+++ b/gio/gfileinfo.c
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ void
 g_file_info_clear_status (GFileInfo  *info)
 {
   GFileAttribute *attrs;
-  int i;
+  guint i;
 
   g_return_if_fail (G_IS_FILE_INFO (info));