diff --git a/libavcodec/g2meet.c b/libavcodec/g2meet.c
index d0b36f0ea8aac1ac25f159f6ee663746b5a7e646..600e2b23ceb4bb75317271fcbe1a79accfdaeb84 100644
--- a/libavcodec/g2meet.c
+++ b/libavcodec/g2meet.c
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ static inline int log2_ceil(uint32_t x)
 /* improved djb2 hash from http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~oz/hash.html */
 static int djb2_hash(uint32_t key)
 {
-    int h = 5381;
+    uint32_t h = 5381;
 
     h = (h * 33) ^ ((key >> 24) & 0xFF); // xxx: probably not needed at all
     h = (h * 33) ^ ((key >> 16) & 0xFF);