diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index f2e26a7..54a9f58 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -592,10 +592,9 @@ int do_clone(int (*fn)(void *), char *stack_area, size_t stack_size, int flags,
  *
  * #syscalls write writev
  */
-int write_remainder(int fd, const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt, size_t skip)
+int write_remainder(int fd, const struct iovec *iov, size_t iovcnt, size_t skip)
 {
-	int i;
-	size_t offset;
+	size_t offset, i;
 
 	while ((i = iov_skip_bytes(iov, iovcnt, skip, &offset)) < iovcnt) {
 		ssize_t rc;
diff --git a/util.h b/util.h
index b7541ce..e8bf957 100644
--- a/util.h
+++ b/util.h
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ void pidfile_write(int fd, pid_t pid);
 int __daemon(int pidfile_fd, int devnull_fd);
 int fls(unsigned long x);
 int write_file(const char *path, const char *buf);
-int write_remainder(int fd, const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt, size_t skip);
+int write_remainder(int fd, const struct iovec *iov, size_t iovcnt, size_t skip);
 
 /**
  * af_name() - Return name of an address family