diff --git a/lib/ssh.c b/lib/ssh.c
index dbece956acb9c7fd56a61bd98628ec881475a1b8..17efff13b7cc52e6a51eb497858c74943e981416 100644
--- a/lib/ssh.c
+++ b/lib/ssh.c
@@ -2437,7 +2437,7 @@ get_pathname(const char **cpp, char **path)
 {
   const char *cp = *cpp, *end;
   char quot;
-  u_int i, j;
+  unsigned int i, j;
   static const char * const WHITESPACE = " \t\r\n";
 
   cp += strspn(cp, WHITESPACE);