diff --git a/Lib/dumbdbm.py b/Lib/dumbdbm.py
index 0ae1e82fad4..200bc7feec2 100644
--- a/Lib/dumbdbm.py
+++ b/Lib/dumbdbm.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def __getitem__(self, key):
 	def _addval(self, val):
 		f = _open(self._datfile, 'rb+')
 		f.seek(0, 2)
-		pos = f.tell()
+		pos = int(f.tell())
 ## Does not work under MW compiler
 ##		pos = ((pos + _BLOCKSIZE - 1) / _BLOCKSIZE) * _BLOCKSIZE
 ##		f.seek(pos)