diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 37b319d1333..f8ef70a7c69 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ What's New in Python 3.3.0 Alpha 4?
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- asdl_seq and asdl_int_seq are now Py_ssize_t sized.
+
 - Issue #14133 (PEP 415): Implement suppression of __context__ display with an
   attribute on BaseException. This replaces the original mechanism of PEP 409.
 
diff --git a/Python/Python-ast.c b/Python/Python-ast.c
index 4ca269f9f54..d9e13e28b0d 100644
--- a/Python/Python-ast.c
+++ b/Python/Python-ast.c
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ static int add_attributes(PyTypeObject* type, char**attrs, int num_fields)
 
 static PyObject* ast2obj_list(asdl_seq *seq, PyObject* (*func)(void*))
 {
-    Py_ssize_t i, n = asdl_seq_LEN(seq);
+    int i, n = asdl_seq_LEN(seq);
     PyObject *result = PyList_New(n);
     PyObject *value;
     if (!result)
@@ -2857,7 +2857,7 @@ ast2obj_expr(void* _o)
                         goto failed;
                 Py_DECREF(value);
                 {
-                        Py_ssize_t i, n = asdl_seq_LEN(o->v.Compare.ops);
+                        int i, n = asdl_seq_LEN(o->v.Compare.ops);
                         value = PyList_New(n);
                         if (!value) goto failed;
                         for(i = 0; i < n; i++)