diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 5d55a41a30..302ee5ec85 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2019-12-18  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_get_synthetic_symtab): Use size_t for vars.
+	* elf64-ppc.c (sym_exists_at): Use size_t for lo, hi and mid.
+
 2019-12-18  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	* elf-bfd.h (ELF_LOCAL_SYMBOL_HASH): Avoid signed overflow.
diff --git a/bfd/elf32-ppc.c b/bfd/elf32-ppc.c
index 71c35ad787..9c1d1b30d8 100644
--- a/bfd/elf32-ppc.c
+++ b/bfd/elf32-ppc.c
@@ -1802,7 +1802,7 @@ ppc_elf_get_synthetic_symtab (bfd *abfd, long symcount, asymbol **syms,
   bfd_vma stub_off;
   asymbol *s;
   arelent *p;
-  long count, i, stub_delta;
+  size_t count, i, stub_delta;
   size_t size;
   char *names;
   bfd_byte buf[4];
diff --git a/bfd/elf64-ppc.c b/bfd/elf64-ppc.c
index 52a96cffc1..e475421951 100644
--- a/bfd/elf64-ppc.c
+++ b/bfd/elf64-ppc.c
@@ -2120,9 +2120,10 @@ compare_symbols (const void *ap, const void *bp)
 /* Search SYMS for a symbol of the given VALUE.  */
 
 static asymbol *
-sym_exists_at (asymbol **syms, long lo, long hi, unsigned int id, bfd_vma value)
+sym_exists_at (asymbol **syms, size_t lo, size_t hi, unsigned int id,
+	       bfd_vma value)
 {
-  long mid;
+  size_t mid;
 
   if (id == (unsigned) -1)
     {