diff --git a/include/freetype/t1tables.h b/include/freetype/t1tables.h
index 1f5bc1586..a5f6ae721 100644
--- a/include/freetype/t1tables.h
+++ b/include/freetype/t1tables.h
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER
     FT_UInt         gd_bytes;
     FT_ULong        cid_count;
 
-    FT_Int          num_dicts;
+    FT_UInt         num_dicts;
     CID_FaceDict    font_dicts;
 
     FT_ULong        data_offset;
diff --git a/src/cid/cidgload.c b/src/cid/cidgload.c
index bf78957ee..a46d063df 100644
--- a/src/cid/cidgload.c
+++ b/src/cid/cidgload.c
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@
       off2      = cid_get_offset( &p, cid->gd_bytes );
       FT_FRAME_EXIT();
 
-      if ( fd_select >= (FT_ULong)cid->num_dicts ||
-           off2 > stream->size                   ||
-           off1 > off2                           )
+      if ( fd_select >= cid->num_dicts ||
+           off2 > stream->size         ||
+           off1 > off2                 )
       {
         FT_TRACE0(( "cid_load_glyph: invalid glyph stream offsets\n" ));
         error = FT_THROW( Invalid_Offset );
diff --git a/src/cid/cidload.c b/src/cid/cidload.c
index 1f3f6d7c4..2f38485e5 100644
--- a/src/cid/cidload.c
+++ b/src/cid/cidload.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
         CID_FaceDict  dict;
 
 
-        if ( parser->num_dict < 0 || parser->num_dict >= cid->num_dicts )
+        if ( parser->num_dict >= cid->num_dicts )
         {
           FT_ERROR(( "cid_load_keyword: invalid use of `%s'\n",
                      keyword->ident ));
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
     FT_Fixed      temp_scale;
 
 
-    if ( parser->num_dict >= 0 && parser->num_dict < face->cid.num_dicts )
+    if ( parser->num_dict < face->cid.num_dicts )
     {
       FT_Matrix*  matrix;
       FT_Vector*  offset;
@@ -244,17 +244,12 @@
     FT_Memory     memory = face->root.memory;
     FT_Stream     stream = parser->stream;
     FT_Error      error  = FT_Err_Ok;
-    FT_Long       num_dicts;
+    FT_UInt       num_dicts, max_dicts;
 
 
-    num_dicts = cid_parser_to_int( parser );
-    if ( num_dicts < 0 )
-    {
-      FT_ERROR(( "parse_fd_array: invalid number of dictionaries\n" ));
-      goto Exit;
-    }
+    num_dicts = (FT_UInt)cid_parser_to_int( parser );
 
-    FT_TRACE4(( " %ld\n", num_dicts ));
+    FT_TRACE4(( " %u\n", num_dicts ));
 
     /*
      * A single entry in the FDArray must (at least) contain the following
@@ -272,18 +267,18 @@
      * need a `dup X' at the very beginning and a `put' at the end, so a
      * rough guess using 100 bytes as the minimum is justified.
      */
-    if ( (FT_ULong)num_dicts > stream->size / 100 )
+    max_dicts = (FT_UInt)( stream->size / 100 );
+    if ( num_dicts > max_dicts )
     {
       FT_TRACE0(( "parse_fd_array: adjusting FDArray size"
-                  " (from %ld to %lu)\n",
-                  num_dicts,
-                  stream->size / 100 ));
-      num_dicts = (FT_Long)( stream->size / 100 );
+                  " (from %u to %u)\n",
+                  num_dicts, max_dicts ));
+      num_dicts = max_dicts;
     }
 
     if ( !cid->font_dicts )
     {
-      FT_Int  n;
+      FT_UInt  n;
 
 
       if ( FT_NEW_ARRAY( cid->font_dicts, num_dicts ) )
@@ -322,7 +317,7 @@
     CID_FaceDict  dict;
 
 
-    if ( parser->num_dict >= 0 && parser->num_dict < face->cid.num_dicts )
+    if ( parser->num_dict < face->cid.num_dicts )
     {
       dict = face->cid.font_dicts + parser->num_dict;
 
@@ -345,7 +340,7 @@
                    CID_Parser*  parser )
   {
 #ifdef FT_DEBUG_LEVEL_TRACE
-    if ( parser->num_dict >= 0 && parser->num_dict < face->cid.num_dicts )
+    if ( parser->num_dict < face->cid.num_dicts )
     {
       T1_TokenRec  token;
       FT_UInt      len;
@@ -427,7 +422,7 @@
               parser->num_dict++;
 
 #ifdef FT_DEBUG_LEVEL_TRACE
-              FT_TRACE4(( " FontDict %d", parser->num_dict ));
+              FT_TRACE4(( " FontDict %u", parser->num_dict ));
               if ( parser->num_dict > face->cid.num_dicts )
                 FT_TRACE4(( " (ignored)" ));
               FT_TRACE4(( "\n" ));
@@ -517,7 +512,7 @@
     FT_Memory      memory = face->root.memory;
     FT_Stream      stream = face->cid_stream;
     FT_Error       error;
-    FT_Int         n;
+    FT_UInt        n;
     CID_Subrs      subr;
     FT_UInt        max_offsets = 0;
     FT_ULong*      offsets = NULL;
@@ -771,7 +766,7 @@
     CID_Parser*  parser;
     FT_Memory    memory = face->root.memory;
     FT_Error     error;
-    FT_Int       n;
+    FT_UInt      n;
 
     CID_FaceInfo  cid = &face->cid;
 
diff --git a/src/cid/cidobjs.c b/src/cid/cidobjs.c
index 68ec84bc8..e3c29c22f 100644
--- a/src/cid/cidobjs.c
+++ b/src/cid/cidobjs.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
     /* release subrs */
     if ( face->subrs )
     {
-      FT_Int  n;
+      FT_UInt  n;
 
 
       for ( n = 0; n < cid->num_dicts; n++ )
diff --git a/src/cid/cidparse.c b/src/cid/cidparse.c
index a28f8ee55..96ca1c350 100644
--- a/src/cid/cidparse.c
+++ b/src/cid/cidparse.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
     parser->root.base      = parser->postscript;
     parser->root.cursor    = parser->postscript;
     parser->root.limit     = parser->root.cursor + ps_len;
-    parser->num_dict       = -1;
+    parser->num_dict       = FT_UINT_MAX;
 
     /* Finally, we check whether `StartData' or `/sfnts' was real --  */
     /* it could be in a comment or string.  We also get the arguments */
diff --git a/src/cid/cidparse.h b/src/cid/cidparse.h
index 6a00c6cee..fbc437bc3 100644
--- a/src/cid/cidparse.h
+++ b/src/cid/cidparse.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER
     FT_ULong      binary_length;
 
     CID_FaceInfo  cid;
-    FT_Int        num_dict;
+    FT_UInt       num_dict;
 
   } CID_Parser;