diff --git a/ovsdb/ovsdb-idlc.in b/ovsdb/ovsdb-idlc.in
index 615548f12b2..7cbcbf5ab02 100755
--- a/ovsdb/ovsdb-idlc.in
+++ b/ovsdb/ovsdb-idlc.in
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ static void
                     print("        %s" % type.value.initCDefault(valueVar, type.n_min == 0))
                 print("    }")
             else:
-                if type.n_max != sys.maxint:
+                if type.n_max != sys.maxsize:
                     print("    size_t n = MIN(%d, datum->n);" % type.n_max)
                     nMax = "n"
                 else:
diff --git a/python/build/nroff.py b/python/build/nroff.py
index c23837f4399..401f6992af9 100644
--- a/python/build/nroff.py
+++ b/python/build/nroff.py
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ def fatal(msg):
 
 
 def put_text(text, x, y, s):
+    x = int(x)
+    y = int(y)
     extend = x + len(s) - len(text[y])
     if extend > 0:
         text[y] += ' ' * extend