diff --git a/src/WINNT/afsd/cm_dns.h b/src/WINNT/afsd/cm_dns.h
index 9c5cf48366..42b54965ea 100644
--- a/src/WINNT/afsd/cm_dns.h
+++ b/src/WINNT/afsd/cm_dns.h
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@
    names for the given cell, ending in null */
 int getAFSServer(const char *service, const char *protocol, const char *cellname,
                  unsigned short afsdbPort,
-                 int *cellHostAddrs, char cellHostNames[][MAXHOSTCHARS],
+                 afs_uint32 *cellHostAddrs, char cellHostNames[][MAXHOSTCHARS],
                  unsigned short ports[], unsigned short ipRanks[], int *numServers, int *ttl);
 
 /* Same as above, but using cm_unichar_t.  Note that this functon will
    only be defined for DNSAPI_ENV. */
 int getAFSServerW(const cm_unichar_t *service, const cm_unichar_t *protocol, const cm_unichar_t *cellName,
                   unsigned short afsdbPort,
-                  int *cellHostAddrs,
+                  afs_uint32 *cellHostAddrs,
                   cm_unichar_t cellHostNames[][MAXHOSTCHARS],
                   unsigned short ports[],
                   unsigned short ipRanks[],
diff --git a/src/auth/cellconfig.c b/src/auth/cellconfig.c
index cd65f67825..ca9dc04ed4 100644
--- a/src/auth/cellconfig.c
+++ b/src/auth/cellconfig.c
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ afsconf_GetExtendedCellInfo(struct afsconf_dir *adir, char *acellName,
 int
 afsconf_LookupServer(const char *service, const char *protocol,
 		     const char *cellName, unsigned short afsdbPort,
-		     int *cellHostAddrs, char cellHostNames[][MAXHOSTCHARS],
+		     afs_uint32 *cellHostAddrs, char cellHostNames[][MAXHOSTCHARS],
 		     unsigned short ports[], unsigned short ipRanks[],
 		     int *numServers, int *ttl, char **arealCellName)
 {
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ afsconf_LookupServer(const char *service, const char *protocol,
 		/* Do we want to get TTL data for the A record as well? */
 		(he = gethostbyname(host))) {
 		if (he->h_addrtype == AF_INET) {
-		    afs_int32 ipaddr;
+		    afs_uint32 ipaddr;
 		    memcpy(&ipaddr, he->h_addr, sizeof(ipaddr));
 		    cellHostAddrs[server_num] = ipaddr;
 		    ports[server_num] = afsdbPort;
@@ -1138,7 +1138,7 @@ afsconf_LookupServer(const char *service, const char *protocol,
 		/* Do we want to get TTL data for the A record as well? */
 		(he = gethostbyname(host))) {
 		if (he->h_addrtype == AF_INET) {
-		    afs_int32 ipaddr;
+		    afs_uint32 ipaddr;
 
 		    memcpy(&ipaddr, he->h_addr, sizeof(ipaddr));
 		    cellHostAddrs[server_num] = ipaddr;
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ int
 afsconf_GetAfsdbInfo(char *acellName, char *aservice,
 		     struct afsconf_cell *acellInfo)
 {
-    afs_int32 cellHostAddrs[AFSMAXCELLHOSTS];
+    afs_uint32 cellHostAddrs[AFSMAXCELLHOSTS];
     char cellHostNames[AFSMAXCELLHOSTS][MAXHOSTCHARS];
     unsigned short ipRanks[AFSMAXCELLHOSTS];
     unsigned short ports[AFSMAXCELLHOSTS];
@@ -1256,7 +1256,7 @@ afsconf_GetAfsdbInfo(char *acellName, char *aservice,
     int tservice = afsconf_FindService(aservice);   /* network byte order */
     const char *ianaName = afsconf_FindIANAName(aservice);
     struct afsconf_entry DNSce;
-    afs_int32 cellHostAddrs[AFSMAXCELLHOSTS];
+    afs_uint32 cellHostAddrs[AFSMAXCELLHOSTS];
     char cellHostNames[AFSMAXCELLHOSTS][MAXHOSTCHARS];
     unsigned short ipRanks[AFSMAXCELLHOSTS];
     unsigned short ports[AFSMAXCELLHOSTS];          /* network byte order */