diff --git a/indra/newview/app_settings/settings.xml b/indra/newview/app_settings/settings.xml
index cfe10a2e2..1998eab74 100644
--- a/indra/newview/app_settings/settings.xml
+++ b/indra/newview/app_settings/settings.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     <key>Persist</key>
     <integer>1</integer>
     <key>Type</key>
-    <string>U32</string>
+    <string>S32</string>
     <key>Value</key>
     <integer>32</integer>
   </map>
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     <key>Persist</key>
     <integer>1</integer>
     <key>Type</key>
-    <string>U32</string>
+    <string>S32</string>
     <key>Value</key>
     <integer>2</integer>
   </map>
diff --git a/indra/newview/lltexturefetch.cpp b/indra/newview/lltexturefetch.cpp
index d24bff56b..83de34ecd 100644
--- a/indra/newview/lltexturefetch.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/lltexturefetch.cpp
@@ -1274,8 +1274,8 @@ bool LLTextureFetchWorker::doWork(S32 param)
 			//1, not openning too many file descriptors at the same time;
 			//2, control the traffic of http so udp gets bandwidth.
 			//
-			static const LLCachedControl<U32> max_http_requests("HTTPMaxRequests", 32);
-			static const LLCachedControl<U32> min_http_requests("HTTPMinRequests", 2);
+			static const LLCachedControl<S32> max_http_requests("HTTPMaxRequests", 32);
+			static const LLCachedControl<S32> min_http_requests("HTTPMinRequests", 2);
 			if((mFetcher->getNumHTTPRequests() > max_http_requests) ||
 			   ((mFetcher->getTextureBandwidth() > mFetcher->mMaxBandwidth) &&
 				(mFetcher->getNumHTTPRequests() > min_http_requests)) ||