diff --git a/src/internal.c b/src/internal.c
index 687866cc4..1b1afe8b4 100644
--- a/src/internal.c
+++ b/src/internal.c
@@ -627,9 +627,9 @@ static void InitSuitesHashSigAlgo(Suites* suites, int haveECDSAsig,
     suites->hashSigAlgoSz = (word16)idx;
 }
 
-void InitSuites(Suites* suites, ProtocolVersion pv, byte haveRSA, byte havePSK,
-                byte haveDH, byte haveNTRU, byte haveECDSAsig,
-                byte haveStaticECC, int side)
+void InitSuites(Suites* suites, ProtocolVersion pv, word16 haveRSA,
+                word16 havePSK, word16 haveDH, word16 haveNTRU,
+                word16 haveECDSAsig, word16 haveStaticECC, int side)
 {
     word16 idx = 0;
     int    tls    = pv.major == SSLv3_MAJOR && pv.minor >= TLSv1_MINOR;
diff --git a/wolfssl/internal.h b/wolfssl/internal.h
index 11907d057..d12ed3257 100644
--- a/wolfssl/internal.h
+++ b/wolfssl/internal.h
@@ -1046,8 +1046,8 @@ typedef struct Suites {
 
 
 WOLFSSL_LOCAL
-void InitSuites(Suites*, ProtocolVersion,
-                                     byte, byte, byte, byte, byte, byte, int);
+void InitSuites(Suites*, ProtocolVersion, word16, word16, word16, word16,
+                word16, word16, int);
 WOLFSSL_LOCAL
 int  SetCipherList(Suites*, const char* list);