diff --git a/src/git/tree.h b/src/git/tree.h
index bd589ea11..fcc38d5e0 100644
--- a/src/git/tree.h
+++ b/src/git/tree.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ GIT_EXTERN(const git_tree_entry *) git_tree_entry_byindex(git_tree *tree, int id
  * @param entry a tree entry
  * @return attributes as an integer
  */
-GIT_EXTERN(uint32_t) git_tree_entry_attributes(const git_tree_entry *entry);
+GIT_EXTERN(unsigned int) git_tree_entry_attributes(const git_tree_entry *entry);
 
 /**
  * Get the filename of a tree entry
diff --git a/src/tree.c b/src/tree.c
index 950b6bf1a..6760654f6 100644
--- a/src/tree.c
+++ b/src/tree.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ git_tree *git_tree_lookup(git_repository *repo, const git_oid *id)
 	return (git_tree *)git_repository_lookup(repo, id, GIT_OBJ_TREE);
 }
 
-uint32_t git_tree_entry_attributes(const git_tree_entry *entry)
+unsigned int git_tree_entry_attributes(const git_tree_entry *entry)
 {
 	return entry->attr;
 }
diff --git a/src/tree.h b/src/tree.h
index 2222b0349..4c0be2ae0 100644
--- a/src/tree.h
+++ b/src/tree.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include "repository.h"
 
 struct git_tree_entry {
-	uint32_t attr;
+	unsigned int attr;
 	char *filename;
 	git_oid oid;