diff --git a/indra/newview/lltexturefetch.cpp b/indra/newview/lltexturefetch.cpp
index 967d56b9d..ced122c78 100644
--- a/indra/newview/lltexturefetch.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/lltexturefetch.cpp
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ static bool sgConnectionThrottle() {
 	LLMutexLock lock(&mutex);
 	const U32 THROTTLE_TIMESTEPS_PER_SECOND = 10;
 	static const LLCachedControl<U32> max_connections_per_second("HTTPRequestRate", 30);
-	S32 max_connections = max_connections_per_second/THROTTLE_TIMESTEPS_PER_SECOND;
+	U32 max_connections = max_connections_per_second/THROTTLE_TIMESTEPS_PER_SECOND;
 	const S32 timestep = USEC_PER_SEC/THROTTLE_TIMESTEPS_PER_SECOND;
 	U64 now = LLTimer::getTotalTime();
 	std::deque<U64> timestamps;