diff --git a/libraries/liblutil/sockpair.c b/libraries/liblutil/sockpair.c
index c2e6220035..308a758224 100644
--- a/libraries/liblutil/sockpair.c
+++ b/libraries/liblutil/sockpair.c
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ int lutil_pair( ber_socket_t sds[2] )
 	return pipe( sds );
 #else
 	struct sockaddr_in si;
-	int rc, len = sizeof(si);
+	int rc;
+	ber_socklen_t len = sizeof(si);
 	ber_socket_t sd;
 
 	sd = socket( AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0 );