diff --git a/src/internal/NeoPixelAvr.c b/src/internal/NeoPixelAvr.c
index 3d057e2..761fa7e 100644
--- a/src/internal/NeoPixelAvr.c
+++ b/src/internal/NeoPixelAvr.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ void send_pixels_8mhz_800_PortD(uint8_t* pixels, size_t sizePixels, uint8_t pinM
     volatile uint8_t lo;            // PORT w/output bit set low
 
     volatile uint8_t n1;
-    volatile n2 = 0;  // First, next bits out
+    volatile uint8_t n2 = 0;  // First, next bits out
 
     // Squeezing an 800 KHz stream out of an 8 MHz chip requires code
     // specific to each PORT register.  At present this is only written
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ void send_pixels_8mhz_800_PortB(uint8_t* pixels, size_t sizePixels, uint8_t pinM
     volatile uint8_t lo;            // PORT w/output bit set low
 
     volatile uint8_t n1;
-    volatile n2 = 0;  // First, next bits out
+    volatile uint8_t n2 = 0;  // First, next bits out
 
     // Same as above, just switched to PORTB and stripped of comments.
     hi = PORTB | pinMask;
@@ -645,4 +645,4 @@ void send_pixels_16mhz_400(uint8_t* pixels, size_t sizePixels, volatile uint8_t*
 #error "CPU SPEED NOT SUPPORTED"
 #endif
 
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif