diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/heapsort.c b/lib/libc/stdlib/heapsort.c
index 135c48b5e1e8..f65687689c55 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdlib/heapsort.c
+++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/heapsort.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ heapsort(vbase, nmemb, size, compar)
 	size_t nmemb, size;
 	int (*compar)(const void *, const void *);
 {
-	int cnt, i, j, l;
+	size_t cnt, i, j, l;
 	char tmp, *tmp1, *tmp2;
 	char *base, *k, *p, *t;
 
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/qsort.c b/lib/libc/stdlib/qsort.c
index 65e038c05d75..0958cd3f0fcf 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdlib/qsort.c
+++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/qsort.c
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ qsort(void *a, size_t n, size_t es, cmp_t *cmp)
 #endif
 {
 	char *pa, *pb, *pc, *pd, *pl, *pm, *pn;
-	int d, r, swaptype, swap_cnt;
+	size_t d, r;
+	int swaptype, swap_cnt;
 
 loop:	SWAPINIT(a, es);
 	swap_cnt = 0;