diff --git a/Objects/bytesobject.c b/Objects/bytesobject.c
index cad22c8c031..32c5d71ecd1 100644
--- a/Objects/bytesobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bytesobject.c
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ PyBytes_Repr(PyObject *obj, int smartquotes)
 {
     register PyBytesObject* op = (PyBytesObject*) obj;
     Py_ssize_t i, length = Py_SIZE(op);
-    size_t newsize, squotes, dquotes;
+    Py_ssize_t newsize, squotes, dquotes;
     PyObject *v;
     unsigned char quote, *s, *p;