1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/chown.c b/coreutils/chown.c
index 660d08947..66add48ed 100644
--- a/coreutils/chown.c
+++ b/coreutils/chown.c
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ static int fileAction(const char *fileName, struct stat *statbuf,
                 void ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED *junk)
 {
         if (!chown_func(fileName,
-                                (uid == -1) ? statbuf->st_uid : uid,
-                                (gid == -1) ? statbuf->st_gid : gid)) {
+                                (uid == (uid_t)-1) ? statbuf->st_uid : uid,
+                                (gid == (gid_t)-1) ? statbuf->st_gid : gid)) {
                 return TRUE;
         }
         bb_perror_msg("%s", fileName);  /* A filename could have % in it... */