diff --git a/storage/xtradb/handler/ha_innodb.cc b/storage/xtradb/handler/ha_innodb.cc
index 8d8ca8bd7ba463be9451bde94241bf6d9df6bd84..3c2e9714f37c7d54c1f0c2d43c8645ff7527db91 100644
--- a/storage/xtradb/handler/ha_innodb.cc
+++ b/storage/xtradb/handler/ha_innodb.cc
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ static ulong    innobase_sys_stats_root_page		= 0;
 #endif
 static my_bool	innobase_buffer_pool_shm_checksum	= TRUE;
 static uint	innobase_buffer_pool_shm_key		= 0;
-static ulong	srv_lazy_drop_table			= 0;
+static ulint	srv_lazy_drop_table			= 0;