diff --git a/sc/sdi/scalc.sdi b/sc/sdi/scalc.sdi
index ae0e8682fa90..e95b7474b3c7 100644
--- a/sc/sdi/scalc.sdi
+++ b/sc/sdi/scalc.sdi
@@ -4352,7 +4352,7 @@ SfxInt32Item Row SID_RANGE_ROW
 
 
 SfxUInt16Item RowHeight FID_ROW_HEIGHT
-(SfxUInt16Item Row FN_PARAM_1,SfxUInt16Item Height FN_PARAM_2)
+(SfxInt32Item Row FN_PARAM_1,SfxUInt16Item Height FN_PARAM_2)
 [
     AutoUpdate = FALSE,
     FastCall = FALSE,
diff --git a/sc/source/ui/view/cellsh3.cxx b/sc/source/ui/view/cellsh3.cxx
index 8d46afaffc40..374f5f5a5a5a 100644
--- a/sc/source/ui/view/cellsh3.cxx
+++ b/sc/source/ui/view/cellsh3.cxx
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ void ScCellShell::Execute( SfxRequest& rReq )
                                  pReqArgs->HasItem( FN_PARAM_2, &pHeight ) )
                 {
                     std::vector<sc::ColRowSpan> aRanges;
-                    SCCOLROW nRow = static_cast<const SfxUInt16Item*>(pRow)->GetValue() - 1;
+                    SCCOLROW nRow = static_cast<const SfxInt32Item*>(pRow)->GetValue() - 1;
                     sal_uInt16 nHeight = static_cast<const SfxUInt16Item*>(pHeight)->GetValue();
                     ScMarkData& rMark = GetViewData()->GetMarkData();