diff --git a/lib/MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.cpp b/lib/MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.cpp
index 7b579a231..23a5be9ac 100644
--- a/lib/MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.cpp
+++ b/lib/MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.cpp
@@ -1768,7 +1768,7 @@ void MySQL_HostGroups_Manager::purge_mysql_servers_table() {
 	for (unsigned int i=0; i<MyHostGroups->len; i++) {
 		MyHGC *myhgc=(MyHGC *)MyHostGroups->index(i);
 		MySrvC *mysrvc=NULL;
-		for (unsigned int j=0; j<myhgc->mysrvs->servers->len; j++) {
+		for (int j=0; j<myhgc->mysrvs->servers->len; j++) {
 			mysrvc=myhgc->mysrvs->idx(j);
 			if (mysrvc->get_status() == MYSQL_SERVER_STATUS_OFFLINE_HARD) {
 				if (mysrvc->ConnectionsUsed->conns_length()==0 && mysrvc->ConnectionsFree->conns_length()==0) {