diff --git a/src/connect.c b/src/connect.c
index 040638b1..477b29e6 100644
--- a/src/connect.c
+++ b/src/connect.c
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ int ssh_select(ssh_channel *channels, ssh_channel *outchannels, socket_t maxfd,
     fd_set *readfds, struct timeval *timeout) {
   fd_set origfds;
   socket_t fd;
-  int i,j;
+  size_t i, j;
   int rc;
   int base_tm, tm;
   struct ssh_timestamp ts;