diff --git a/libavutil/avstring.c b/libavutil/avstring.c
index fd010e407c..3243aaa590 100644
--- a/libavutil/avstring.c
+++ b/libavutil/avstring.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ size_t av_strlcat(char *dst, const char *src, size_t size)
 
 size_t av_strlcatf(char *dst, size_t size, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
-    int len = strlen(dst);
+    size_t len = strlen(dst);
     va_list vl;
 
     va_start(vl, fmt);