diff --git a/channels.c b/channels.c
index ffaf89720..f2c873d70 100644
--- a/channels.c
+++ b/channels.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: channels.c,v 1.430 2023/03/10 03:01:51 dtucker Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: channels.c,v 1.431 2023/06/05 13:24:36 millert Exp $ */
 /*
  * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
  * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ struct permission_set {
 /* Used to record timeouts per channel type */
 struct ssh_channel_timeout {
 	char *type_pattern;
-	u_int timeout_secs;
+	int timeout_secs;
 };
 
 /* Master structure for channels state */
@@ -312,11 +312,11 @@ channel_lookup(struct ssh *ssh, int id)
  */
 void
 channel_add_timeout(struct ssh *ssh, const char *type_pattern,
-    u_int timeout_secs)
+    int timeout_secs)
 {
 	struct ssh_channels *sc = ssh->chanctxt;
 
-	debug2_f("channel type \"%s\" timeout %u seconds",
+	debug2_f("channel type \"%s\" timeout %d seconds",
 	    type_pattern, timeout_secs);
 	sc->timeouts = xrecallocarray(sc->timeouts, sc->ntimeouts,
 	    sc->ntimeouts + 1, sizeof(*sc->timeouts));
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ channel_clear_timeouts(struct ssh *ssh)
 	sc->ntimeouts = 0;
 }
 
-static u_int
+static int
 lookup_timeout(struct ssh *ssh, const char *type)
 {
 	struct ssh_channels *sc = ssh->chanctxt;
diff --git a/channels.h b/channels.h
index 91cc466cc..90f6d2904 100644
--- a/channels.h
+++ b/channels.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: channels.h,v 1.149 2023/03/04 03:22:59 dtucker Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: channels.h,v 1.150 2023/06/05 13:24:36 millert Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ struct Channel {
 	/* Last traffic seen for OPEN channels */
 	time_t			lastused;
 	/* Inactivity timeout deadline in seconds (0 = no timeout) */
-	u_int			inactive_deadline;
+	int			inactive_deadline;
 };
 
 #define CHAN_EXTENDED_IGNORE		0
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ int	 channel_close_fd(struct ssh *, Channel *, int *);
 void	 channel_send_window_changes(struct ssh *);
 
 /* channel inactivity timeouts */
-void channel_add_timeout(struct ssh *, const char *, u_int);
+void channel_add_timeout(struct ssh *, const char *, int);
 void channel_clear_timeouts(struct ssh *);
 
 /* mux proxy support */
diff --git a/servconf.c b/servconf.c
index 0f4fd2f17..0e6b606bb 100644
--- a/servconf.c
+++ b/servconf.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-/* $OpenBSD: servconf.c,v 1.393 2023/05/24 23:01:06 djm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: servconf.c,v 1.394 2023/06/05 13:24:36 millert Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
  *                    All rights reserved
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ process_permitopen(struct ssh *ssh, ServerOptions *options)
 
 /* Parse a ChannelTimeout clause "pattern=interval" */
 static int
-parse_timeout(const char *s, char **typep, u_int *secsp)
+parse_timeout(const char *s, char **typep, int *secsp)
 {
 	char *cp, *sdup;
 	int secs;
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ parse_timeout(const char *s, char **typep, u_int *secsp)
 	if (typep != NULL)
 		*typep = xstrdup(sdup);
 	if (secsp != NULL)
-		*secsp = (u_int)secs;
+		*secsp = secs;
 	free(sdup);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -993,7 +993,8 @@ parse_timeout(const char *s, char **typep, u_int *secsp)
 void
 process_channel_timeouts(struct ssh *ssh, ServerOptions *options)
 {
-	u_int i, secs;
+	int secs;
+	u_int i;
 	char *type;
 
 	debug3_f("setting %u timeouts", options->num_channel_timeouts);