diff --git a/servers/slapd/sasl.c b/servers/slapd/sasl.c
index dcc83f5c74..9d509ba9f9 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/sasl.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/sasl.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ int slap_sasl_init( void )
 
 	/* default security properties */
 	memset( &sasl_secprops, '\0', sizeof(sasl_secprops) );
-    sasl_secprops.max_ssf = UINT_MAX;
+    sasl_secprops.max_ssf = INT_MAX;
     sasl_secprops.maxbufsize = 65536;
     sasl_secprops.security_flags = SASL_SEC_NOPLAINTEXT|SASL_SEC_NOANONYMOUS;