diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index 682b97ee3d..4cdb274e5e 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -2804,7 +2804,7 @@ size_t oe_get_size_slow(struct packing_data *pack,
 }
 
 static int try_delta(struct unpacked *trg, struct unpacked *src,
-		     unsigned max_depth, unsigned long *mem_usage)
+		     unsigned max_depth, size_t *mem_usage)
 {
 	struct object_entry *trg_entry = trg->entry;
 	struct object_entry *src_entry = src->entry;
@@ -2991,7 +2991,7 @@ static void find_deltas(struct object_entry **list, unsigned *list_size,
 {
 	uint32_t i, idx = 0, count = 0;
 	struct unpacked *array;
-	unsigned long mem_usage = 0;
+	size_t mem_usage = 0;
 
 	CALLOC_ARRAY(array, window);