diff --git a/src/include/switch_utils.h b/src/include/switch_utils.h
index 848c5df992..a3ffc4e546 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_utils.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_utils.h
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ static inline void switch_toupper_max(char *s)
 {
 	uint32_t *b,*p;
 	char *c;
-	size_t l, div = 0;
-	int rem = 0;
+	size_t l;
+	int div = 0, rem = 0;
 	int i;
 
 	l = strlen(s);
-	div = l / 4;
+	div = (int) (l / 4);
 	rem = l % 4;
 
 	p = (uint32_t *) s;