1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fsck.c b/fsck.c
index 640d813d84..41031e459b 100644
--- a/fsck.c
+++ b/fsck.c
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ static int fsck_gitmodules_fn(const char *var, const char *value, void *vdata)
 {
 	struct fsck_gitmodules_data *data = vdata;
 	const char *subsection, *key;
-	int subsection_len;
+	size_t subsection_len;
 	char *name;
 
 	if (parse_config_key(var, "submodule", &subsection, &subsection_len, &key) < 0 ||