diff --git a/evutil.c b/evutil.c
index d0621bfa..409a5d84 100644
--- a/evutil.c
+++ b/evutil.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ evutil_make_socket_nonblocking(evutil_socket_t fd)
 	}
 #else
 	{
-		long flags;
+		int flags;
 		if ((flags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFL, NULL)) < 0) {
 			event_warn("fcntl(%d, F_GETFL)", fd);
 			return -1;
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ int
 evutil_make_socket_closeonexec(evutil_socket_t fd)
 {
 #if !defined(WIN32) && defined(_EVENT_HAVE_SETFD)
-	long flags;
+	int flags;
 	if ((flags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFD, NULL)) < 0) {
 		event_warn("fcntl(%d, F_GETFD)", fd);
 		return -1;