diff --git a/src/bsonc.rs b/src/bsonc.rs
index e2034ea..80e187a 100644
--- a/src/bsonc.rs
+++ b/src/bsonc.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::ffi::CStr;
 use std::ptr;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::slice;
-use libc::{c_uint, c_void};
+use libc::c_void;
 
 use mongoc::bindings;
 use bson;
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ impl Bsonc {
         let mut buffer = Vec::new();
         try!(bson::encode_document(&mut buffer, document));
 
-        let inner =
-            unsafe { bindings::bson_new_from_data(buffer[..].as_ptr(), buffer.len() as c_uint) };
+        let inner = unsafe {
+            bindings::bson_new_from_data(buffer[..].as_ptr(), (buffer.len() as u32).into())
+        };
 
         // Inner will be null if there was an error converting the data.
         // We're assuming the bson crate works and therefore assert here.