diff --git a/libosmocore/src/msgb.c b/libosmocore/src/msgb.c
index ab9b413..2521ca8 100644
--- a/libosmocore/src/msgb.c
+++ b/libosmocore/src/msgb.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 void *tall_msgb_ctx;
 
-struct msgb *msgb_alloc(u_int16_t size, const char *name)
+struct msgb *msgb_alloc(uint16_t size, const char *name)
 {
 	struct msgb *msg;