diff --git a/util/ass/asscm.c b/util/ass/asscm.c
index 0654f9d0..057bd7a6 100644
--- a/util/ass/asscm.c
+++ b/util/ass/asscm.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ area_t getarea(size) unsigned size ; {
 	unsigned rqsize ;
 	char *malloc() ;
 
-	size = ((size + (sizeof(short) - 1)) / sizeof(short)) * sizeof(short);
+	size = ((size + (sizeof(int) - 1)) / sizeof(int)) * sizeof(int);
 #ifdef MEMUSE
 	m_used += size ;
 	m_free -= size ;
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ area_t getarea(size) unsigned size ; {
 			ptr = malloc( rqsize ) ;
 			if ( ptr ) break ; /* request succesfull */
 			rqsize /= 2 ;
-			rqsize -= rqsize%sizeof (short) ;
+			rqsize -= rqsize%sizeof (int) ;
 			if ( rqsize < sizeof freehead ) {
 				fatal("Out of memory") ;
 			}
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ area_t getarea(size) unsigned size ; {
 freearea(ptr,size) register area_t ptr ; unsigned size ; {
 	register struct freeblock *c_ptr, *l_ptr ;
 
-	size = ((size + (sizeof(short) - 1)) / sizeof(short)) * sizeof(short);
+	size = ((size + (sizeof(int) - 1)) / sizeof(int)) * sizeof(int);
 #ifdef MEMUSE
 	m_free += size ;
 	m_used -= size ;