diff --git a/sys/fs/ext2fs/ext2_vfsops.c b/sys/fs/ext2fs/ext2_vfsops.c
index 2083fb6b614e..aaedb3012407 100644
--- a/sys/fs/ext2fs/ext2_vfsops.c
+++ b/sys/fs/ext2fs/ext2_vfsops.c
@@ -537,7 +537,8 @@ ext2_mountfs(struct vnode *devvp, struct mount *mp)
 	struct csum *sump;
 	int error;
 	int ronly;
-	int i, size;
+	int i;
+	u_long size;
 	int32_t *lp;
 	int32_t e2fs_maxcontig;