diff --git a/Modules/_interpchannelsmodule.c b/Modules/_interpchannelsmodule.c
index 8e6b21db76e01c..4c1b4b5a76ce08 100644
--- a/Modules/_interpchannelsmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_interpchannelsmodule.c
@@ -2047,7 +2047,7 @@ struct channel_info {
             int recv;
         } cur;
     } status;
-    Py_ssize_t count;
+    int64_t count;
 };
 
 static int