1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/regex.c b/src/regex.c
index 5f79663f231..2421f5a884f 100644
--- a/src/regex.c
+++ b/src/regex.c
@@ -4500,7 +4500,7 @@ re_match_2_internal (bufp, string1, size1, string2, size2, pos, regs, stop)
                 do
                   {
                     int pat_charlen, buf_charlen;
-                    int pat_ch, buf_ch;
+                    unsigned int pat_ch, buf_ch;
 
                     PREFETCH ();
                     pat_ch = STRING_CHAR_AND_LENGTH (p, pend - p, pat_charlen);
@@ -4543,7 +4543,7 @@ re_match_2_internal (bufp, string1, size1, string2, size2, pos, regs, stop)
         case anychar:
           {
             int buf_charlen;
-            int buf_ch;
+            unsigned int buf_ch;
 
             DEBUG_PRINT1 ("EXECUTING anychar.\n");