@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@
 #endif
 
 #import "atomic.h"
 
 struct pre_ivar {
-	void	 **memchunks;
-	size_t	 memchunks_size;
-	uint32_t retain_count;	/* uint32_t because we use 32 bit atomic ops */
+	void	**memchunks;
+	size_t	memchunks_size;
+	int32_t	retain_count;	/* int32_t because atomic ops use int32_t */
 };
 
 /* Hopefully no arch needs more than 16 bytes padding */
 #define PRE_IVAR_ALIGN ((sizeof(struct pre_ivar) + 15) & ~15)
 #define PRE_IVAR ((struct pre_ivar*)((char*)self - PRE_IVAR_ALIGN))
@@ -478,11 +478,11 @@
 	of_atomic_inc32(&PRE_IVAR->retain_count);
 
 	return self;
 }
 
-- (uint32_t)retainCount
+- (int32_t)retainCount
 {
 	return PRE_IVAR->retain_count;
 }
 
 - (void)release
@@ -582,13 +582,13 @@
 + autorelease
 {
 	return self;
 }
 
-+ (uint32_t)retainCount
++ (int32_t)retainCount
 {
-	return UINT32_MAX;
+	return INT32_MAX;
 }
 
 + (void)release
 {
 }