diff --git a/src/include/switch_apr.h b/src/include/switch_apr.h
index 9a94480ce3..0bde6750aa 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_apr.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_apr.h
@@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_mcast_join(switch_socket_t *sock, switch_
  * @remark If the TTL is 0, packets will only be seen by sockets on the local machine,
  *     and only when multicast loopback is enabled.
  */
-SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_mcast_hops(switch_socket_t *sock, int32_t ttl);
+SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_mcast_hops(switch_socket_t *sock, uint8_t ttl);
 
 
 /** @} */
diff --git a/src/switch_apr.c b/src/switch_apr.c
index b729872aa8..f622a1cb48 100644
--- a/src/switch_apr.c
+++ b/src/switch_apr.c
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_mcast_join(switch_socket_t *sock, switch_
 	return apr_mcast_join(sock, join, iface, source);
 }
 
-SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_mcast_hops(switch_socket_t *sock, int32_t ttl)
+SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_mcast_hops(switch_socket_t *sock, uint8_t ttl)
 {
 	return apr_mcast_hops(sock, ttl);
 }