diff --git a/libobs-opengl/gl-subsystem.h b/libobs-opengl/gl-subsystem.h
index 9d18a6893c9203c8dbe3eb7f577d7c80b17fca44..2119debb5bdb0fe97bf91b4d503932930bd7c348 100644
--- a/libobs-opengl/gl-subsystem.h
+++ b/libobs-opengl/gl-subsystem.h
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ extern void convert_sampler_info(struct gs_sampler_state *sampler,
 
 struct gs_sampler_state {
 	device_t             device;
-	volatile uint32_t    ref;
+	volatile long        ref;
 
 	GLint                min_filter;
 	GLint                mag_filter;