diff --git a/src/IMG_ImageIO.m b/src/IMG_ImageIO.m
index 317de5e9..0bd4edb5 100644
--- a/src/IMG_ImageIO.m
+++ b/src/IMG_ImageIO.m
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ static CFDictionaryRef CreateHintDictionary(CFStringRef uti_string_hint)
                 if (num_entries > (size_t)palette->ncolors) {
                     num_entries = (size_t)palette->ncolors;
                 }
-                palette->ncolors = num_entries;
+                palette->ncolors = (int)num_entries;
                 for (i = 0, entry = entries; i < num_entries; ++i) {
                     palette->colors[i].r = entry[0];
                     palette->colors[i].g = entry[1];