diff --git a/dix/getevents.c b/dix/getevents.c
index b9e022052..5227c54ec 100644
--- a/dix/getevents.c
+++ b/dix/getevents.c
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ GetMotionHistory(DeviceIntPtr pDev, xTimecoord **buff, unsigned long start,
     int size;
     int dflt;
     AxisInfo from, *to; /* for scaling */
-    CARD32 *ocbuf, *icbuf; /* pointer to coordinates for copying */
+    INT32 *ocbuf, *icbuf; /* pointer to coordinates for copying */
     INT16 *corebuf;
     AxisInfo core_axis = {0};