diff --git a/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_data.c b/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_data.c
index 4eabf4d4c4..dfa42f47c7 100644
--- a/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_data.c
+++ b/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_data.c
@@ -4965,7 +4965,7 @@ eet_data_xattr_cipher_get(const char          *filename,
 {
    void *blob;
    void *ret;
-   int size;
+   ssize_t size;
 
    blob = eina_xattr_get(filename, attribute, &size);
    if (!blob) return NULL;