diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 099c7032e7..5e622c58ea 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2005-02-11  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
+	* libbfd.c (read_signed_leb128): Use an unsigned type for 'shift'
+	to avoid a compile time warning.
+
 	* coff-alpha.c (alpha_adjust_reloc_in): Remove redundant test from
 	BFD_ASSERT.
 
diff --git a/bfd/libbfd.c b/bfd/libbfd.c
index b2f83c4503..ec1864c68f 100644
--- a/bfd/libbfd.c
+++ b/bfd/libbfd.c
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ read_signed_leb128 (bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 		    unsigned int * bytes_read_ptr)
 {
   bfd_vma result;
-  int shift;
+  unsigned shift;
   int num_read;
   unsigned char byte;