diff --git a/src/net_processing.h b/src/net_processing.h
index 619bf6220d..837e308617 100644
--- a/src/net_processing.h
+++ b/src/net_processing.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ static constexpr bool DEFAULT_TXRECONCILIATION_ENABLE{false};
 static const uint32_t DEFAULT_MAX_ORPHAN_TRANSACTIONS{100};
 /** Default number of non-mempool transactions to keep around for block reconstruction. Includes
     orphan, replaced, and rejected transactions. */
-static const unsigned int DEFAULT_BLOCK_RECONSTRUCTION_EXTRA_TXN = 100;
+static const uint32_t DEFAULT_BLOCK_RECONSTRUCTION_EXTRA_TXN{100};
 static const bool DEFAULT_PEERBLOOMFILTERS = false;
 static const bool DEFAULT_PEERBLOCKFILTERS = false;
 /** Threshold for marking a node to be discouraged, e.g. disconnected and added to the discouragement filter. */
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public:
         uint32_t max_orphan_txs{DEFAULT_MAX_ORPHAN_TRANSACTIONS};
         //! Number of non-mempool transactions to keep around for block reconstruction. Includes
         //! orphan, replaced, and rejected transactions.
-        size_t max_extra_txs{DEFAULT_BLOCK_RECONSTRUCTION_EXTRA_TXN};
+        uint32_t max_extra_txs{DEFAULT_BLOCK_RECONSTRUCTION_EXTRA_TXN};
         //! Whether all P2P messages are captured to disk
         bool capture_messages{false};
     };
diff --git a/src/node/peerman_args.cpp b/src/node/peerman_args.cpp
index 1a70ce96f1..efe4514271 100644
--- a/src/node/peerman_args.cpp
+++ b/src/node/peerman_args.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ void ApplyArgsManOptions(const ArgsManager& argsman, PeerManager::Options& optio
     }
 
     if (auto value{argsman.GetIntArg("-blockreconstructionextratxn")}) {
-        options.max_extra_txs = size_t(std::max(int64_t{0}, *value));
+        options.max_extra_txs = uint32_t((std::clamp<int64_t>(*value, 0, std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max())));
     }
 
     if (auto value{argsman.GetBoolArg("-capturemessages")}) options.capture_messages = *value;