diff --git a/Engine/source/sfx/media/sfxVorbisStream.cpp b/Engine/source/sfx/media/sfxVorbisStream.cpp
index 1c9af326f..3a2f12ba6 100644
--- a/Engine/source/sfx/media/sfxVorbisStream.cpp
+++ b/Engine/source/sfx/media/sfxVorbisStream.cpp
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ S32 SFXVorbisStream::read( U8 *buffer,
    // requests longer than this.
    const U32 MAXREAD = 4096;
 
-   U32 bytesRead = 0;
+   S64 bytesRead = 0;
    U32 offset = 0;
    U32 bytesToRead = 0;