diff --git a/src/SMESH_I/SMESH_Gen_i.cxx b/src/SMESH_I/SMESH_Gen_i.cxx
index 532c9a450..e92dc458a 100644
--- a/src/SMESH_I/SMESH_Gen_i.cxx
+++ b/src/SMESH_I/SMESH_Gen_i.cxx
@@ -4896,7 +4896,7 @@ bool SMESH_Gen_i::LoadASCII( SALOMEDS::SComponent_ptr theComponent,
   _CORBA_Octet* buffer = new _CORBA_Octet[real_size];
   char tmp[3];
   tmp[2]='\0';
-  uint c = -1;
+  unsigned int c = -1;
   for ( int i = 0; i < real_size; i++ )
   {
     memcpy( &(tmp[0]), &(theStream[i*3+1]), 2 );