diff --git a/usr.bin/patch/patch.c b/usr.bin/patch/patch.c
index 71c1e45538b2..1bdbcfb5b84b 100644
--- a/usr.bin/patch/patch.c
+++ b/usr.bin/patch/patch.c
@@ -749,13 +749,15 @@ rej_line(int ch, LINENUM i)
 	size_t len;
 	const char *line = pfetch(i);
 
-	len = strnlen(line, UINT_MAX);
+	len = strnlen(line, USHRT_MAX);
 
 	fprintf(rejfp, "%c%s", ch, line);
-	if (len == 0 || line[len-1] != '\n')
-		fprintf(rejfp, "\n\\ No newline at end of line\n");
-	else if (len >= UINT_MAX)
-		fprintf(rejfp, "\n\\ Line too long\n");
+	if (len == 0 || line[len-1] != '\n') {
+		if (len >= USHRT_MAX)
+			fprintf(rejfp, "\n\\ Line too long\n");
+		else
+			fprintf(rejfp, "\n\\ No newline at end of line\n");
+	}
 }
 
 static void
@@ -1022,7 +1024,7 @@ patch_match(LINENUM base, LINENUM offset, LINENUM fuzz)
 	LINENUM		pat_lines = pch_ptrn_lines() - fuzz;
 	const char	*ilineptr;
 	const char	*plineptr;
-	u_int		plinelen;
+	unsigned short	plinelen;
 
 	for (iline = base + offset + fuzz; pline <= pat_lines; pline++, iline++) {
 		ilineptr = ifetch(iline, offset >= 0);
diff --git a/usr.bin/patch/pch.c b/usr.bin/patch/pch.c
index 69d5f26f2090..e12e833d54ef 100644
--- a/usr.bin/patch/pch.c
+++ b/usr.bin/patch/pch.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static LINENUM	p_max;		/* max allowed value of p_end */
 static LINENUM	p_context = 3;	/* # of context lines */
 static LINENUM	p_input_line = 0;	/* current line # from patch file */
 static char	**p_line = NULL;/* the text of the hunk */
-static u_int	*p_len = NULL; /* length of each line */
+static unsigned short	*p_len = NULL; /* length of each line */
 static char	*p_char = NULL;	/* +, -, and ! */
 static int	hunkmax = INITHUNKMAX;	/* size of above arrays to begin with */
 static int	p_indent;	/* indent to patch */
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ set_hunkmax(void)
 	if (p_line == NULL)
 		p_line = malloc(hunkmax * sizeof(char *));
 	if (p_len == NULL)
-		p_len = malloc(hunkmax * sizeof(u_int));
+		p_len = malloc(hunkmax * sizeof(unsigned short));
 	if (p_char == NULL)
 		p_char = malloc(hunkmax * sizeof(char));
 }
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ grow_hunkmax(void)
 		fatal("Internal memory allocation error\n");
 
 	p_line = reallocf(p_line, new_hunkmax * sizeof(char *));
-	p_len = reallocf(p_len, new_hunkmax * sizeof(u_int));
+	p_len = reallocf(p_len, new_hunkmax * sizeof(unsigned short));
 	p_char = reallocf(p_char, new_hunkmax * sizeof(char));
 
 	if (p_line != NULL && p_len != NULL && p_char != NULL) {
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ bool
 pch_swap(void)
 {
 	char	**tp_line;	/* the text of the hunk */
-	u_int	*tp_len;	/* length of each line */
+	unsigned short	*tp_len;/* length of each line */
 	char	*tp_char;	/* +, -, and ! */
 	LINENUM	i;
 	LINENUM	n;
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@ pch_context(void)
 /*
  * Return the length of a particular patch line.
  */
-u_int
+unsigned short
 pch_line_len(LINENUM line)
 {
 	return p_len[line];
diff --git a/usr.bin/patch/pch.h b/usr.bin/patch/pch.h
index 754b9c1b91eb..da7a08d4008b 100644
--- a/usr.bin/patch/pch.h
+++ b/usr.bin/patch/pch.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ bool		there_is_another_patch(void);
 bool		another_hunk(void);
 bool		pch_swap(void);
 char		*pfetch(LINENUM);
-u_int		pch_line_len(LINENUM);
+unsigned short	pch_line_len(LINENUM);
 LINENUM		pch_first(void);
 LINENUM		pch_ptrn_lines(void);
 LINENUM		pch_newfirst(void);