diff --git a/sax/test/saxdemo.cxx b/sax/test/saxdemo.cxx
index f8ac35c491a8..bd3e1c0312a8 100644
--- a/sax/test/saxdemo.cxx
+++ b/sax/test/saxdemo.cxx
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ struct AttributeListImpl_impl
 
 sal_Int16 AttributeListImpl::getLength(void) throw  (RuntimeException)
 {
-    return m_pImpl->vecAttribute.size();
+    return (sal_Int16) m_pImpl->vecAttribute.size();
 }