diff --git a/src/locking/lock_daemon.c b/src/locking/lock_daemon.c
index bf87af1bd54ccb93e033daeb22aef5c4208c185c..55fc0c3a152675575cd87f29e16534dc63834a0b 100644
--- a/src/locking/lock_daemon.c
+++ b/src/locking/lock_daemon.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ virLockDaemonNewPostExecRestart(virJSONValuePtr object, bool privileged)
     virJSONValuePtr lockspaces;
     virNetServerPtr srv;
     size_t i;
-    int n;
+    ssize_t n;
 
     if (VIR_ALLOC(lockd) < 0)
         return NULL;
diff --git a/src/network/bridge_driver.c b/src/network/bridge_driver.c
index c343e5bdd2dd97475c59cbcb9144fbb00d8c805e..cd9a51e1c2332c936413b966c3011aa3af5972d5 100644
--- a/src/network/bridge_driver.c
+++ b/src/network/bridge_driver.c
@@ -3599,7 +3599,7 @@ networkGetDHCPLeases(virNetworkPtr network,
     size_t i, j;
     size_t nleases = 0;
     int rv = -1;
-    int size = 0;
+    ssize_t size = 0;
     int custom_lease_file_len = 0;
     bool need_results = !!leases;
     long long currtime = 0;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c b/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c
index 7021a7a78bf72e1f098664da9b30ebe710a6ce3f..5735ed8989c5d84e1fd9cb7a509a9f825eda0dbb 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c
@@ -1461,7 +1461,7 @@ qemuAgentGetVCPUs(qemuAgentPtr mon,
     virJSONValuePtr cmd;
     virJSONValuePtr reply = NULL;
     virJSONValuePtr data = NULL;
-    int ndata;
+    ssize_t ndata;
 
     if (!(cmd = qemuAgentMakeCommand("guest-get-vcpus", NULL)))
         return -1;
@@ -1767,7 +1767,7 @@ qemuAgentGetFSInfo(qemuAgentPtr mon, virDomainFSInfoPtr **info,
 {
     size_t i, j, k;
     int ret = -1;
-    int ndata = 0, ndisk;
+    ssize_t ndata = 0, ndisk;
     char **alias;
     virJSONValuePtr cmd;
     virJSONValuePtr reply = NULL;
@@ -1810,7 +1810,7 @@ qemuAgentGetFSInfo(qemuAgentPtr mon, virDomainFSInfoPtr **info,
 
         if (!entry) {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
-                           _("array element '%zd' of '%d' missing in "
+                           _("array element '%zd' of '%zd' missing in "
                              "guest-get-fsinfo return data"),
                            i, ndata);
             goto cleanup;
@@ -1871,7 +1871,7 @@ qemuAgentGetFSInfo(qemuAgentPtr mon, virDomainFSInfoPtr **info,
 
             if (!disk) {
                 virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
-                               _("array element '%zd' of '%d' missing in "
+                               _("array element '%zd' of '%zd' missing in "
                                  "guest-get-fsinfo 'disk' data"),
                                j, ndisk);
                 goto cleanup;
@@ -1954,7 +1954,7 @@ qemuAgentGetInterfaces(qemuAgentPtr mon,
 {
     int ret = -1;
     size_t i, j;
-    int size = -1;
+    ssize_t size = -1;
     virJSONValuePtr cmd = NULL;
     virJSONValuePtr reply = NULL;
     virJSONValuePtr ret_array = NULL;
@@ -1994,7 +1994,7 @@ qemuAgentGetInterfaces(qemuAgentPtr mon,
         virJSONValuePtr tmp_iface = virJSONValueArrayGet(ret_array, i);
         virJSONValuePtr ip_addr_arr = NULL;
         const char *hwaddr, *ifname_s, *name = NULL;
-        int ip_addr_arr_size;
+        ssize_t ip_addr_arr_size;
         virDomainInterfacePtr iface = NULL;
 
         /* Shouldn't happen but doesn't hurt to check neither */
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index df0c82a34eb4348423a006b49f132eda89f0dc01..b39b29b77af64ccd0a04bed19e529d1436a3df1c 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ qemuMonitorJSONExtractCPUInfo(virJSONValuePtr reply,
     int ret = -1;
     size_t i;
     int *threads = NULL;
-    int ncpus;
+    ssize_t ncpus;
 
     if (!(data = virJSONValueObjectGetArray(reply, "return"))) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
@@ -3061,7 +3061,7 @@ qemuMonitorJSONQueryRxFilterParse(virJSONValuePtr msg,
     int ret = -1;
     const char *tmp;
     virJSONValuePtr returnArray, entry, table, element;
-    int nTable;
+    ssize_t nTable;
     size_t i;
     virNetDevRxFilterPtr fil = virNetDevRxFilterNew();
 
@@ -4090,7 +4090,7 @@ qemuMonitorJSONGetAllBlockJobInfo(qemuMonitorPtr mon)
     virJSONValuePtr cmd = NULL;
     virJSONValuePtr reply = NULL;
     virJSONValuePtr data;
-    int nr_results;
+    ssize_t nr_results;
     size_t i;
     virHashTablePtr blockJobs = NULL;
 
@@ -4597,7 +4597,7 @@ int qemuMonitorJSONGetMachines(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
     virJSONValuePtr reply = NULL;
     virJSONValuePtr data;
     qemuMonitorMachineInfoPtr *infolist = NULL;
-    int n = 0;
+    ssize_t n = 0;
     size_t i;
 
     *machines = NULL;
@@ -4777,7 +4777,7 @@ int qemuMonitorJSONGetCommands(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
     virJSONValuePtr reply = NULL;
     virJSONValuePtr data;
     char **commandlist = NULL;
-    int n = 0;
+    ssize_t n = 0;
     size_t i;
 
     *commands = NULL;
@@ -4845,7 +4845,7 @@ int qemuMonitorJSONGetEvents(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
     virJSONValuePtr reply = NULL;
     virJSONValuePtr data;
     char **eventlist = NULL;
-    int n = 0;
+    ssize_t n = 0;
     size_t i;
 
     *events = NULL;
@@ -4922,7 +4922,7 @@ qemuMonitorJSONGetCommandLineOptionParameters(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
     virJSONValuePtr data = NULL;
     virJSONValuePtr array = NULL;
     char **paramlist = NULL;
-    int n = 0;
+    ssize_t n = 0;
     size_t i;
 
     *params = NULL;
@@ -5093,7 +5093,7 @@ int qemuMonitorJSONGetObjectTypes(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
     virJSONValuePtr reply = NULL;
     virJSONValuePtr data;
     char **typelist = NULL;
-    int n = 0;
+    ssize_t n = 0;
     size_t i;
 
     *types = NULL;
@@ -5162,7 +5162,7 @@ int qemuMonitorJSONGetObjectListPaths(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
     virJSONValuePtr reply = NULL;
     virJSONValuePtr data;
     qemuMonitorJSONListPathPtr *pathlist = NULL;
-    int n = 0;
+    ssize_t n = 0;
     size_t i;
 
     *paths = NULL;
@@ -5408,7 +5408,7 @@ int qemuMonitorJSONGetObjectProps(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
     virJSONValuePtr reply = NULL;
     virJSONValuePtr data;
     char **proplist = NULL;
-    int n = 0;
+    ssize_t n = 0;
     size_t i;
 
     *props = NULL;
@@ -5527,7 +5527,7 @@ qemuMonitorJSONGetMigrationCapabilities(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
     virJSONValuePtr caps;
     char **list = NULL;
     size_t i;
-    int n;
+    ssize_t n;
 
     *capabilities = NULL;
 
@@ -5804,7 +5804,7 @@ qemuMonitorJSONGetStringArray(qemuMonitorPtr mon, const char *qmpCmd,
     virJSONValuePtr reply = NULL;
     virJSONValuePtr data;
     char **list = NULL;
-    int n = 0;
+    ssize_t n = 0;
     size_t i;
 
     *array = NULL;
@@ -6167,7 +6167,7 @@ qemuMonitorJSONGetCPUx86Data(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
     virCPUx86Data *x86Data = NULL;
     virCPUx86CPUID cpuid;
     size_t i;
-    int n;
+    ssize_t n;
     int ret = -1;
 
     /* look up if the property exists before asking */
@@ -6330,7 +6330,7 @@ qemuMonitorJSONGetIOThreads(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
     virJSONValuePtr reply = NULL;
     virJSONValuePtr data;
     qemuMonitorIOThreadInfoPtr *infolist = NULL;
-    int n = 0;
+    ssize_t n = 0;
     size_t i;
 
     *iothreads = NULL;
diff --git a/src/rpc/virnetserver.c b/src/rpc/virnetserver.c
index 80b5588bf3c993b33c1ddfab293e5a4b1d41f557..547e52e409c03249305cbb9fd3cbf43dedc3b850 100644
--- a/src/rpc/virnetserver.c
+++ b/src/rpc/virnetserver.c
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ virNetServerPtr virNetServerNewPostExecRestart(virJSONValuePtr object,
     virJSONValuePtr clients;
     virJSONValuePtr services;
     size_t i;
-    int n;
+    ssize_t n;
     unsigned int min_workers;
     unsigned int max_workers;
     unsigned int priority_workers;
diff --git a/src/rpc/virnetserverservice.c b/src/rpc/virnetserverservice.c
index 3b35fc092940dfdc051990d4f6de641b5f9e0e61..1ef0636d637b51ae200fb05491825ec365d99677 100644
--- a/src/rpc/virnetserverservice.c
+++ b/src/rpc/virnetserverservice.c
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ virNetServerServicePtr virNetServerServiceNewPostExecRestart(virJSONValuePtr obj
     virNetServerServicePtr svc;
     virJSONValuePtr socks;
     size_t i;
-    int n;
+    ssize_t n;
     unsigned int max;
 
     if (virNetServerServiceInitialize() < 0)
diff --git a/src/util/virjson.c b/src/util/virjson.c
index c123943e3317f60ed0112b556a34d55cd2f91ace..ae6362b634c5256edf054e24e9809c5eeb2d64f6 100644
--- a/src/util/virjson.c
+++ b/src/util/virjson.c
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ virJSONValueIsArray(virJSONValuePtr array)
 }
 
 
-int
+ssize_t
 virJSONValueArraySize(const virJSONValue *array)
 {
     if (array->type != VIR_JSON_TYPE_ARRAY)
diff --git a/src/util/virjson.h b/src/util/virjson.h
index a7df6e591b3a39e2f7ad9ef79355ffc6dfdbfdb1..66ed48aad5cae5bcec8e507567f8dfea72a3ce71 100644
--- a/src/util/virjson.h
+++ b/src/util/virjson.h
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ virJSONValuePtr virJSONValueObjectGetByType(virJSONValuePtr object,
                                             const char *key, virJSONType type);
 
 bool virJSONValueIsArray(virJSONValuePtr array);
-int virJSONValueArraySize(const virJSONValue *array);
+ssize_t virJSONValueArraySize(const virJSONValue *array);
 virJSONValuePtr virJSONValueArrayGet(virJSONValuePtr object, unsigned int element);
 virJSONValuePtr virJSONValueArraySteal(virJSONValuePtr object, unsigned int element);
 
diff --git a/src/util/virlockspace.c b/src/util/virlockspace.c
index 2366a742466389273b60d8cd853432868b3fb178..7aa0f1dc3c585172f9dc8e986024d93a29e3c9dd 100644
--- a/src/util/virlockspace.c
+++ b/src/util/virlockspace.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ virLockSpacePtr virLockSpaceNewPostExecRestart(virJSONValuePtr object)
 {
     virLockSpacePtr lockspace;
     virJSONValuePtr resources;
-    int n;
+    ssize_t n;
     size_t i;
 
     VIR_DEBUG("object=%p", object);
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ virLockSpacePtr virLockSpaceNewPostExecRestart(virJSONValuePtr object)
         const char *tmp;
         virJSONValuePtr owners;
         size_t j;
-        int m;
+        ssize_t m;
 
         if (VIR_ALLOC(res) < 0)
             goto error;