diff --git a/daemon/unbound.c b/daemon/unbound.c
index 78771dbdd..934a96c80 100644
--- a/daemon/unbound.c
+++ b/daemon/unbound.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ checkrlimits(struct config_file* cfg)
 #endif
 	if(getrlimit(RLIMIT_DATA, &rlim) == 0) {
 		if(rlim.rlim_cur != (rlim_t)RLIM_INFINITY &&
-			rlim.rlim_cur < memsize_expect) {
+			rlim.rlim_cur < (rlim_t)memsize_expect) {
 			log_warn("the ulimit(data seg size) is smaller than the expected memory usage (added size of caches). %u < %u bytes", (unsigned)rlim.rlim_cur, (unsigned)memsize_expect);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index c8c9b7041..15a2b00b7 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 	  function that need to reuse the dns answer.
 	- Annotate assertion into error printout; we think it may be an
 	  error, but the situation looks harmless.
+	- Fix sign comparison warning on FreeBSD.
 
 2 August 2021: Wouter
 	- Prepare for OpenSSL 3.0.0 provider API usage, move the sldns