diff --git a/dlls/krnl386.exe16/ne_segment.c b/dlls/krnl386.exe16/ne_segment.c
index 3eb8bae2ff3..e455b118e23 100644
--- a/dlls/krnl386.exe16/ne_segment.c
+++ b/dlls/krnl386.exe16/ne_segment.c
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ static WORD NE_Ne2MemFlags(WORD flags)
  */
 DWORD WINAPI MyAlloc16( WORD wFlags, WORD wSize, WORD wElem )
 {
-    WORD size = wSize << wElem;
+    DWORD size = wSize << wElem;
     HANDLE16 hMem = 0;
 
     if (wSize || (wFlags & NE_SEGFLAGS_MOVEABLE))