diff --git a/flashrom.c b/flashrom.c
index 0476b3d97..9a7fb181a 100644
--- a/flashrom.c
+++ b/flashrom.c
@@ -1582,7 +1582,7 @@ void list_programmers_linebreak(int startcol, int cols, int paren)
 	const char *pname;
 	int pnamelen;
 	int remaining = 0, firstline = 1;
-	enum programmer p;
+	size_t p;
 	int i;
 
 	for (p = 0; p < programmer_table_size; p++) {
diff --git a/libflashrom.c b/libflashrom.c
index f3df1c7ee..1a8b05173 100644
--- a/libflashrom.c
+++ b/libflashrom.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ const char *flashrom_version_info(void)
  */
 const char **flashrom_supported_programmers(void)
 {
-	enum programmer p = 0;
+	size_t p = 0;
 	const char **supported_programmers = malloc((programmer_table_size + 1) * sizeof(char*));
 
 	if (supported_programmers != NULL) {