diff --git a/src/RTEMS/base/rtems_util.c b/src/RTEMS/base/rtems_util.c
index 712c28a6f..21001e553 100644
--- a/src/RTEMS/base/rtems_util.c
+++ b/src/RTEMS/base/rtems_util.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ int connectWithTimeout (int sfd,
                         struct timeval *timeout)
 {
     struct timeval sv;
-    int svlen = sizeof sv;
+    socklen_t svlen = sizeof sv;
     int ret;
 
     if (!timeout)