diff --git a/libavcodec/cabac_functions.h b/libavcodec/cabac_functions.h
index bcd1dee972..4ded8ebd58 100644
--- a/libavcodec/cabac_functions.h
+++ b/libavcodec/cabac_functions.h
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ static inline void renorm_cabac_decoder_once(CABACContext *c){
 
 #ifndef get_cabac_inline
 static void refill2(CABACContext *c){
-    int i, x;
+    int i;
+    unsigned x;
 
     x= c->low ^ (c->low-1);
     i= 7 - ff_h264_norm_shift[x>>(CABAC_BITS-1)];