diff --git a/gcc/fortran/io.cc b/gcc/fortran/io.cc
index c1715d5594b..2db2245351e 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/io.cc
+++ b/gcc/fortran/io.cc
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ next_char_not_space ()
   return c;
 }
 
-static uint value = 0;
+static int value = 0;
 
 /* Simple lexical analyzer for getting the next token in a FORMAT
    statement.  */