diff --git a/src/vrend_renderer.c b/src/vrend_renderer.c
index 44abd60..fd5f96f 100644
--- a/src/vrend_renderer.c
+++ b/src/vrend_renderer.c
@@ -2115,7 +2115,7 @@ int vrend_create_shader(struct vrend_context *ctx,
                         uint32_t handle,
                         const struct pipe_stream_output_info *so_info,
                         const char *shd_text, uint32_t offlen, uint32_t num_tokens,
-                        int type, uint32_t pkt_length)
+                        uint32_t type, uint32_t pkt_length)
 {
    struct vrend_shader_selector *sel;
    int ret_handle;
diff --git a/src/vrend_renderer.h b/src/vrend_renderer.h
index b78fba9..79fe081 100644
--- a/src/vrend_renderer.h
+++ b/src/vrend_renderer.h
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ int vrend_create_shader(struct vrend_context *ctx,
                         uint32_t handle,
                         const struct pipe_stream_output_info *stream_output,
                         const char *shd_text, uint32_t offlen, uint32_t num_tokens,
-                        int type, uint32_t pkt_length);
+                        uint32_t type, uint32_t pkt_length);
 
 void vrend_bind_shader(struct vrend_context *ctx,
                        uint32_t type,