diff --git a/tools/darknet/darknet2ncnn.cpp b/tools/darknet/darknet2ncnn.cpp
index 0a3e4e7ec4d9e92a849fc56014a04039f16b8f2a..6e3ded7bdfb6550f3f8fcc4d26b95a0357174f84 100644
--- a/tools/darknet/darknet2ncnn.cpp
+++ b/tools/darknet/darknet2ncnn.cpp
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ void parse_cfg(std::deque<Section*>& dnet, int merge_output)
             if (s->anchors.size() != p->anchors.size())
                 error("yolo layer anchor count not match, output cannot be merged.");
 
-            for (int i = 0; i < s->anchors.size(); i++)
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < s->anchors.size(); i++)
                 if (s->anchors[i] != p->anchors[i])
                     error("yolo anchor size not match, output cannot be merged.");