diff --git a/src/xz/args.h b/src/xz/args.h
index 1defad12..46a8e8ed 100644
--- a/src/xz/args.h
+++ b/src/xz/args.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	char **arg_names;
 
 	/// Number of filenames from command line
-	size_t arg_count;
+	unsigned int arg_count;
 
 	/// Name of the file from which to read filenames. This is NULL
 	/// if --files or --files0 was not used.
diff --git a/src/xz/main.c b/src/xz/main.c
index a8f0683a..5608229d 100644
--- a/src/xz/main.c
+++ b/src/xz/main.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	// Process the files given on the command line. Note that if no names
 	// were given, args_parse() gave us a fake "-" filename.
-	for (size_t i = 0; i < args.arg_count && !user_abort; ++i) {
+	for (unsigned i = 0; i < args.arg_count && !user_abort; ++i) {
 		if (strcmp("-", args.arg_names[i]) == 0) {
 			// Processing from stdin to stdout. Check that we
 			// aren't writing compressed data to a terminal or