diff --git a/servers/slapd/tools/ldif2id2children-bdb2.c b/servers/slapd/tools/ldif2id2children-bdb2.c
index f7a1b8319c..b70c8aeff4 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/tools/ldif2id2children-bdb2.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/tools/ldif2id2children-bdb2.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
 	vals[1] = NULL;
 	while ( ! stop ) {
 		char	*type, *val, *s, *dn;
-		int	vlen;
+		ber_len_t	vlen;
 		ID	pid;
 		char	buf2[20];
 		Datum	key, data;