1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index ccf8b4975e..fe9bf58e4c 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -2853,7 +2853,8 @@ struct untracked_cache *read_untracked_extension(const void *data, unsigned long
 	struct read_data rd;
 	const unsigned char *next = data, *end = (const unsigned char *)data + sz;
 	const char *ident;
-	int ident_len, len;
+	int ident_len;
+	ssize_t len;
 	const char *exclude_per_dir;
 
 	if (sz <= 1 || end[-1] != '\0')