diff --git a/Modules/_interpchannelsmodule.c b/Modules/_interpchannelsmodule.c
index 68ee429a9e1dfe..5dc032b46cac9a 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