diff --git a/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbChannelIO.cpp b/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbChannelIO.cpp
index 449717e73..a3fbcd332 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbChannelIO.cpp
+++ b/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbChannelIO.cpp
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ unsigned long dbChannelIO::nativeElementCount (
 {
     guard.assertIdenticalMutex ( this->mutex );
     long elements = dbChannelElements ( this->dbch );
-    if ( elements >= 0u ) {
+    if ( elements >= 0 ) {
         return static_cast < unsigned long > ( elements );
     }
     return 0u;