diff --git a/sw/source/core/unocore/unoobj.cxx b/sw/source/core/unocore/unoobj.cxx
index 7a6eaaef53b4..3f6dd5c46fb5 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/unocore/unoobj.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/unocore/unoobj.cxx
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ SwUnoCursorHelper::SetCursorPropertyValue(
 SwFormatColl *
 SwUnoCursorHelper::GetCurTextFormatColl(SwPaM & rPaM, const bool bConditional)
 {
-    static const sal_uLong nMaxLookup = 1000;
+    static constexpr sal_Int32 nMaxLookup = 1000;
     SwFormatColl *pFormat = nullptr;
     bool bError = false;
     SwPaM *pTmpCursor = &rPaM;
diff --git a/sw/source/core/unocore/unoobj2.cxx b/sw/source/core/unocore/unoobj2.cxx
index 400659d373e2..355897d692ba 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/unocore/unoobj2.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/unocore/unoobj2.cxx
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ void SwUnoCursorHelper::SetCursorAttr(SwPaM & rPam,
 void SwUnoCursorHelper::GetCursorAttr(SwPaM & rPam,
         SfxItemSet & rSet, const bool bOnlyTextAttr, const bool bGetFromChrFormat)
 {
-    static const sal_uLong nMaxLookup = 1000;
+    static constexpr sal_Int32 nMaxLookup = 1000;
     SfxItemSet aSet( *rSet.GetPool(), rSet.GetRanges() );
     SfxItemSet *pSet = &rSet;
     for(SwPaM& rCurrent : rPam.GetRingContainer())