diff --git a/okio/src/nativeMain/kotlin/okio/SizetVariant.kt b/okio/src/nativeMain/kotlin/okio/SizetVariant.kt
index 8fac35d916..46f5bca40c 100644
--- a/okio/src/nativeMain/kotlin/okio/SizetVariant.kt
+++ b/okio/src/nativeMain/kotlin/okio/SizetVariant.kt
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ internal fun variantFread(
   target: CPointer<ByteVarOf<Byte>>,
   byteCount: UInt,
   file: CPointer<FILE>,
-): UInt = fread(target, 1, byteCount.convert(), file).convert()
+): UInt = fread(target, 1u, byteCount.convert(), file).convert()
 
 @OptIn(UnsafeNumber::class)
 internal fun variantFwrite(
   source: CPointer<ByteVar>,
   byteCount: UInt,
   file: CPointer<FILE>,
-): UInt = fwrite(source, 1, byteCount.convert(), file).convert()
+): UInt = fwrite(source, 1u, byteCount.convert(), file).convert()