diff --git a/lib/vquic/quiche.c b/lib/vquic/quiche.c
index d138dd3a2..9b476cbd2 100644
--- a/lib/vquic/quiche.c
+++ b/lib/vquic/quiche.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_quic_connect(struct Curl_easy *data,
   struct quicsocket *qs = &conn->hequic[sockindex];
   char *keylog_file = NULL;
   char ipbuf[40];
-  long port;
+  int port;
 
 #ifdef DEBUG_QUICHE
   /* initialize debug log callback only once */