diff --git a/lib/urldata.h b/lib/urldata.h
index 85d9fca2ec3859b40897de61f8e3b49358e5aae4..fc8c65be80fc8f6b0bcb4cf47cf4cc5c39fd0b1b 100644
--- a/lib/urldata.h
+++ b/lib/urldata.h
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ struct HTTP {
     curl_read_callback fread; /* backup storage for fread pointer */
     void *fread_in;           /* backup storage for fread_in pointer */
     char *postdata;
-    int postsize;
+    size_t postsize;
   } backup;
 
   enum {