diff --git a/src/intel/compiler/brw_fs_visitor.cpp b/src/intel/compiler/brw_fs_visitor.cpp
index 0ca230e888c..cd2abbb5960 100644
--- a/src/intel/compiler/brw_fs_visitor.cpp
+++ b/src/intel/compiler/brw_fs_visitor.cpp
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ fs_visitor::emit_urb_writes(const fs_reg &gs_vertex_count)
          per_slot_offsets = brw_imm_ud(output_vertex_size_owords *
                                        gs_vertex_count.ud);
       } else {
-         per_slot_offsets = vgrf(glsl_type::int_type);
+         per_slot_offsets = vgrf(glsl_type::uint_type);
          bld.MUL(per_slot_offsets, gs_vertex_count,
                  brw_imm_ud(output_vertex_size_owords));
       }