diff --git a/src/ui/QGCTCPLinkConfiguration.cc b/src/ui/QGCTCPLinkConfiguration.cc
index 364631ad3dc1cbea24f25901a04630572dca4fcb..7eb0f661ca83132e8e20d9abf17417560c34efb4 100644
--- a/src/ui/QGCTCPLinkConfiguration.cc
+++ b/src/ui/QGCTCPLinkConfiguration.cc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ QGCTCPLinkConfiguration::QGCTCPLinkConfiguration(TCPLink* link, QWidget *parent)
     ui(new Ui::QGCTCPLinkConfiguration)
 {
     ui->setupUi(this);
-    uint16_t port = link->getPort();
+    quint16 port = link->getPort();
     ui->portSpinBox->setValue(port);
     QString addr = link->getHostAddress().toString();
     ui->hostAddressLineEdit->setText(addr);
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ void QGCTCPLinkConfiguration::changeEvent(QEvent *e)
     default:
         break;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}