diff --git a/Modules/arraymodule.c b/Modules/arraymodule.c
index 6fad71c..3b493d5 100644
--- a/Modules/arraymodule.c
+++ b/Modules/arraymodule.c
@@ -1794,8 +1794,9 @@
 	}
 	else if (needed == 0) {
 		/* Delete slice */
-		Py_ssize_t cur, i;
-		
+		size_t cur;
+		Py_ssize_t i;
+
 		if (step < 0) {
 			stop = start + 1;
 			start = stop + step * (slicelength - 1) - 1;