diff --git a/lib/ftp.c b/lib/ftp.c
index 710bee925..cbac02f5b 100644
--- a/lib/ftp.c
+++ b/lib/ftp.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static CURLcode AllowServerConnect(struct SessionHandle *data,
  * response and extract the relevant return code for the invoking function.
  */
 
-CURLcode Curl_GetFTPResponse(int *nreadp, /* return number of bytes read */
+CURLcode Curl_GetFTPResponse(ssize_t *nreadp, /* return number of bytes read */
                              struct connectdata *conn,
                              int *ftpcode) /* return the ftp-code */
 {
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_GetFTPResponse(int *nreadp, /* return number of bytes read */
 CURLcode Curl_ftp_connect(struct connectdata *conn)
 {
   /* this is FTP and no proxy */
-  int nread;
+  ssize_t nread;
   struct SessionHandle *data=conn->data;
   char *buf = data->state.buffer; /* this is our buffer */
   struct FTP *ftp;
diff --git a/lib/ftp.h b/lib/ftp.h
index 6deba0cc6..12f3e367c 100644
--- a/lib/ftp.h
+++ b/lib/ftp.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_ftp_done(struct connectdata *conn);
 CURLcode Curl_ftp_connect(struct connectdata *conn);
 CURLcode Curl_ftp_disconnect(struct connectdata *conn);
 CURLcode Curl_ftpsendf(struct connectdata *, const char *fmt, ...);
-CURLcode Curl_GetFTPResponse(int *nread, struct connectdata *conn,
+CURLcode Curl_GetFTPResponse(ssize_t *nread, struct connectdata *conn,
                              int *ftpcode);
 CURLcode Curl_ftp_nextconnect(struct connectdata *conn);
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index 192829ce9..15391563a 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -1427,8 +1427,8 @@ static int handleSock5Proxy(
     int sock)
 {
   unsigned char socksreq[600]; /* room for large user/pw (255 max each) */
-  int actualread;
-  int written;
+  ssize_t actualread;
+  ssize_t written;
   CURLcode result;
 
   Curl_nonblock(sock, FALSE);