diff --git a/Modules/_randommodule.c b/Modules/_randommodule.c
index fd6b230..3bf564f 100644
--- a/Modules/_randommodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_randommodule.c
@@ -348,12 +348,12 @@ random_setstate(RandomObject *self, PyObject *state)
 static PyObject *
 random_getrandbits(RandomObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
-    int k, i, words;
+    Py_ssize_t k, i, words;
     PY_UINT32_T r;
     PY_UINT32_T *wordarray;
     PyObject *result;
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i:getrandbits", &k))
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "n:getrandbits", &k))
         return NULL;
 
     if (k <= 0) {