diff --git a/sql/binlog.cc b/sql/binlog.cc
index a40d8d14aa9..0bea521d363 100644
--- a/sql/binlog.cc
+++ b/sql/binlog.cc
@@ -2091,7 +2091,7 @@ THD *Stage_manager::Mutex_queue::fetch_and_empty()
 
 void Stage_manager::wait_count_or_timeout(ulong count, ulong usec, StageID stage)
 {
-  ulong to_wait=
+  long to_wait=
     DBUG_EVALUATE_IF("bgc_set_infinite_delay", LONG_MAX, usec);
   /*
     For testing purposes while waiting for inifinity