1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fsck.c b/fsck.c
index 35bfb7f90e..fc4cb6ab91 100644
--- a/fsck.c
+++ b/fsck.c
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ static int fsck_tree(struct tree *item, struct fsck_options *options)
 	o_name = NULL;
 
 	while (desc.size) {
-		unsigned mode;
+		unsigned short mode;
 		const char *name, *backslash;
 		const struct object_id *oid;