1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/quotearg.c b/lib/quotearg.c
index e1a6f9356..90d0556d4 100644
--- a/lib/quotearg.c
+++ b/lib/quotearg.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ quotearg_n_options (unsigned int n, char const *arg,
 
   if (nslots <= n)
     {
-      int n1 = n + 1;
+      unsigned int n1 = n + 1;
       size_t s = n1 * sizeof (struct slotvec);
       if (! (0 < n1 && n1 == s / sizeof (struct slotvec)))
 	abort ();