diff --git a/Objects/longobject.c b/Objects/longobject.c
index f452840d71e..73413dd5afb 100644
--- a/Objects/longobject.c
+++ b/Objects/longobject.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 */
 static PyLongObject small_ints[NSMALLNEGINTS + NSMALLPOSINTS];
 #ifdef COUNT_ALLOCS
-int quick_int_allocs, quick_neg_int_allocs;
+Py_ssize_t quick_int_allocs, quick_neg_int_allocs;
 #endif
 
 static PyObject *