diff --git a/example/scp.c b/example/scp.c
index 51dd3839..e8e4217d 100644
--- a/example/scp.c
+++ b/example/scp.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     const char *scppath="/tmp/TEST";
     libssh2_struct_stat fileinfo;
     int rc;
-    off_t got=0;
+    libssh2_struct_stat_size got = 0;
 
 #ifdef WIN32
     WSADATA wsadata;