3 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lib/utils_base.c b/lib/utils_base.c
index f86efbeb..f8592f41 100644
--- a/lib/utils_base.c
+++ b/lib/utils_base.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 monitoring_plugin *this_monitoring_plugin=NULL;
 
-unsigned int timeout_state = STATE_CRITICAL;
+int timeout_state = STATE_CRITICAL;
 unsigned int timeout_interval = DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT;
 
 bool _np_state_read_file(FILE *);
diff --git a/lib/utils_base.h b/lib/utils_base.h
index 80b87435..9d4dffed 100644
--- a/lib/utils_base.h
+++ b/lib/utils_base.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ bool check_range(double, range *);
 int get_status(double, thresholds *);
 
 /* Handle timeouts */
-extern unsigned int timeout_state;
+extern int timeout_state;
 extern unsigned int timeout_interval;
 
 /* All possible characters in a threshold range */
diff --git a/lib/utils_cmd.c b/lib/utils_cmd.c
index cfb2073c..7957ec14 100644
--- a/lib/utils_cmd.c
+++ b/lib/utils_cmd.c
@@ -390,13 +390,12 @@ cmd_file_read ( char *filename, output *out, int flags)
 void
 timeout_alarm_handler (int signo)
 {
-        size_t i;
         if (signo == SIGALRM) {
                 printf (_("%s - Plugin timed out after %d seconds\n"),
                                                 state_text(timeout_state), timeout_interval);
 
                 long maxfd = mp_open_max();
-                if(_cmd_pids) for(i = 0; i < maxfd; i++) {
+                if(_cmd_pids) for(long int i = 0; i < maxfd; i++) {
                         if(_cmd_pids[i] != 0) kill(_cmd_pids[i], SIGKILL);
                 }