1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/editfns.c b/src/editfns.c
index 028fec8d092..c6ad4c0547e 100644
--- a/src/editfns.c
+++ b/src/editfns.c
@@ -2437,7 +2437,7 @@ It returns the number of characters changed.  */)
 {
   register unsigned char *tt;   /* Trans table. */
   register int nc;              /* New character. */
-  int cnt;                      /* Number of changes made. */
+  ptrdiff_t cnt;                /* Number of changes made. */
   ptrdiff_t size;               /* Size of translate table. */
   ptrdiff_t pos, pos_byte, end_pos;
   bool multibyte = !NILP (BVAR (current_buffer, enable_multibyte_characters));