diff --git a/src/quicklist.c b/src/quicklist.c
index c8b72743..faa08c65 100644
--- a/src/quicklist.c
+++ b/src/quicklist.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ REDIS_STATIC quicklistNode *quicklistCreateNode(void) {
 }
 
 /* Return cached quicklist count */
-unsigned int quicklistCount(const quicklist *ql) { return ql->count; }
+unsigned long quicklistCount(const quicklist *ql) { return ql->count; }
 
 /* Free entire quicklist. */
 void quicklistRelease(quicklist *quicklist) {
diff --git a/src/quicklist.h b/src/quicklist.h
index 8f387590..7ca23d6e 100644
--- a/src/quicklist.h
+++ b/src/quicklist.h
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ int quicklistPopCustom(quicklist *quicklist, int where, unsigned char **data,
                        void *(*saver)(unsigned char *data, unsigned int sz));
 int quicklistPop(quicklist *quicklist, int where, unsigned char **data,
                  unsigned int *sz, long long *slong);
-unsigned int quicklistCount(const quicklist *ql);
+unsigned long quicklistCount(const quicklist *ql);
 int quicklistCompare(unsigned char *p1, unsigned char *p2, int p2_len);
 size_t quicklistGetLzf(const quicklistNode *node, void **data);