diff --git a/gst/gststructure.c b/gst/gststructure.c
index 2c280e5dca..2c8fa95b3b 100644
--- a/gst/gststructure.c
+++ b/gst/gststructure.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ gst_structure_new_valist (const gchar * name,
  * the MT Refcounting section of the design documents.
  */
 void
-gst_structure_set_parent_refcount (GstStructure * structure, int *refcount)
+gst_structure_set_parent_refcount (GstStructure * structure, gint * refcount)
 {
   g_return_if_fail (structure != NULL);