diff --git a/src/common/cmdline.c b/src/common/cmdline.c
index 597f3778f..58be881db 100644
--- a/src/common/cmdline.c
+++ b/src/common/cmdline.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ static void ExpandFile (CmdLine* L, const char* Name)
 
 
 
-void InitCmdLine (unsigned* aArgCount, char** aArgVec[], const char* aProgName)
+void InitCmdLine (int* aArgCount, char** aArgVec[], const char* aProgName)
 /* Initialize command line parsing. aArgVec is the argument array terminated by
  * a NULL pointer (as usual), ArgCount is the number of valid arguments in the
  * array. Both arguments are remembered in static storage.
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ void InitCmdLine (unsigned* aArgCount, char** aArgVec[], const char* aProgName)
     unsigned	I;
 
     /* Get the program name from argv[0] but strip a path */
-    if (*(aArgVec)[0] == 0) {	  
+    if (*(aArgVec)[0] == 0) {
     	/* Use the default name given */
     	ProgName = aProgName;
     } else {
diff --git a/src/common/cmdline.h b/src/common/cmdline.h
index ce8f1e1ba..97f27924e 100644
--- a/src/common/cmdline.h
+++ b/src/common/cmdline.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ struct LongOpt {
 
 
 
-void InitCmdLine (unsigned* aArgCount, char** aArgVec[], const char* aProgName);
+void InitCmdLine (int* aArgCount, char** aArgVec[], const char* aProgName);
 /* Initialize command line parsing. aArgVec is the argument array terminated by
  * a NULL pointer (as usual), ArgCount is the number of valid arguments in the
  * array. Both arguments are remembered in static storage.