diff --git a/src/Mod/Points/App/ViewFeature.cpp b/src/Mod/Points/App/ViewFeature.cpp
index b837dbe22..5f902e0d8 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Points/App/ViewFeature.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Points/App/ViewFeature.cpp
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ ViewFeature::~ViewFeature()
 
 App::DocumentObjectExecReturn *ViewFeature::execute(void)
 {
-    int size = Height.getValue() * Width.getValue();
+    std::size_t size = Height.getValue() * Width.getValue();
     if (size != Points.getValue().size())
         throw Base::ValueError("(Width * Height) doesn't match with number of points");
     this->Points.touch();