diff --git a/libavformat/vqf.c b/libavformat/vqf.c
index e06f39349b..884611b8e4 100644
--- a/libavformat/vqf.c
+++ b/libavformat/vqf.c
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ static int vqf_read_seek(AVFormatContext *s,
 {
     VqfContext *c = s->priv_data;
     AVStream *st;
-    int ret;
+    int64_t ret;
     int64_t pos;
 
     st = s->streams[stream_index];