diff --git a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
index 1b4c22a..a634cff 100644
--- a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
@@ -699,7 +699,8 @@
     else {
         if (needed == 0) {
             /* Delete slice */
-            Py_ssize_t cur, i;
+            size_t cur;
+            Py_ssize_t i;
 
             if (!_canresize(self))
                 return -1;