diff --git a/src/common/compat.c b/src/common/compat.c
index 9758751122..6f7ac7bd7d 100644
--- a/src/common/compat.c
+++ b/src/common/compat.c
@@ -540,8 +540,8 @@ tor_vasprintf(char **strp, const char *fmt, va_list args)
     *strp = NULL;
     return -1;
   }
-  strp_tmp = tor_malloc(len + 1);
-  r = _vsnprintf(strp_tmp, len+1, fmt, args);
+  strp_tmp = tor_malloc((size_t)len + 1);
+  r = _vsnprintf(strp_tmp, (size_t)len+1, fmt, args);
   if (r != len) {
     tor_free(strp_tmp);
     *strp = NULL;
@@ -566,9 +566,9 @@ tor_vasprintf(char **strp, const char *fmt, va_list args)
     *strp = tor_strdup(buf);
     return len;
   }
-  strp_tmp = tor_malloc(len+1);
+  strp_tmp = tor_malloc((size_t)len+1);
   /* use of tor_vsnprintf() will ensure string is null terminated */
-  r = tor_vsnprintf(strp_tmp, len+1, fmt, args);
+  r = tor_vsnprintf(strp_tmp, (size_t)len+1, fmt, args);
   if (r != len) {
     tor_free(strp_tmp);
     *strp = NULL;
@@ -3543,4 +3543,3 @@ tor_get_avail_disk_space(const char *path)
   return -1;
 #endif
 }
-