diff --git a/apps/app_queue.c b/apps/app_queue.c
index e6a51a9ba5..9285664e45 100644
--- a/apps/app_queue.c
+++ b/apps/app_queue.c
@@ -4041,7 +4041,7 @@ static int update_queue(struct call_queue *q, struct member *member, int callcom
 static int calc_metric(struct call_queue *q, struct member *mem, int pos, struct queue_ent *qe, struct callattempt *tmp)
 {
 	/* disregarding penalty on too few members? */
-	size_t membercount = ao2_container_count(q->members);
+	int membercount = ao2_container_count(q->members);
 	unsigned char usepenalty = (membercount <= q->penaltymemberslimit) ? 0 : 1;
 
 	if (usepenalty) {