diff --git a/ports/unix/main.c b/ports/unix/main.c
index 8db496ca0..ef9b4b116 100644
--- a/ports/unix/main.c
+++ b/ports/unix/main.c
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ MP_NOINLINE int main_(int argc, char **argv) {
 }
 
 #if !MICROPY_VFS
-uint mp_import_stat(const char *path) {
+mp_import_stat_t mp_import_stat(const char *path) {
     struct stat st;
     if (stat(path, &st) == 0) {
         if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {