diff --git a/lib/libalpm/sync.c b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
index 96db50a3..718f9af2 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/sync.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
@@ -685,7 +685,8 @@ static int endswith(const char *filename, const char *extension)
 static int apply_deltas(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i;
-	int deltas_found = 0, ret = 0;
+	size_t deltas_found = 0;
+	int ret = 0;
 	const char *cachedir = _alpm_filecache_setup(handle);
 	alpm_trans_t *trans = handle->trans;
 	alpm_event_delta_patch_t event;
diff --git a/src/pacman/sync.c b/src/pacman/sync.c
index e0a1e426..fc4baaf8 100644
--- a/src/pacman/sync.c
+++ b/src/pacman/sync.c
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ static int sync_group(int level, alpm_list_t *syncs, alpm_list_t *targets)
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	if(targets) {
-		int found;
+		size_t found;
 		for(i = targets; i; i = alpm_list_next(i)) {
 			found = 0;
 			const char *grpname = i->data;