diff --git a/src/misc2.c b/src/misc2.c
index 06a4764250..9ffec654d1 100644
--- a/src/misc2.c
+++ b/src/misc2.c
@@ -899,6 +899,17 @@ int emsgn(char_u *s, int64_t n)
   return emsg(IObuff);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Print an error message with one "%" PRIu64 and one (uint64_t) argument.
+ */
+int emsgu(char_u *s, uint64_t n)
+{
+  if (emsg_not_now())
+    return TRUE;                /* no error messages at the moment */
+  vim_snprintf((char *)IObuff, IOSIZE, (char *)s, n);
+  return emsg(IObuff);
+}
+
 /*
  * Read 2 bytes from "fd" and turn them into an int, MSB first.
  */
diff --git a/src/misc2.h b/src/misc2.h
index 7567b11e60..a15c75c435 100644
--- a/src/misc2.h
+++ b/src/misc2.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ int illegal_slash(char *name);
 int vim_chdir(char_u *new_dir);
 int emsg3(char_u *s, char_u *a1, char_u *a2);
 int emsgn(char_u *s, int64_t n);
+int emsgu(char_u *s, uint64_t n);
 int get2c(FILE *fd);
 int get3c(FILE *fd);
 int get4c(FILE *fd);
diff --git a/src/vim.h b/src/vim.h
index 915aa5df78..f48b7a6f4c 100644
--- a/src/vim.h
+++ b/src/vim.h
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ typedef enum {
 #define EMSG3(s, p, q)              emsg3((char_u *)(s), (char_u *)(p), \
     (char_u *)(q))
 #define EMSGN(s, n)                 emsgn((char_u *)(s), (int64_t)(n))
-#define EMSGU(s, n)                 emsgu((char_u *)(s), (long_u)(n))
+#define EMSGU(s, n)                 emsgu((char_u *)(s), (uint64_t)(n))
 #define OUT_STR(s)                  out_str((char_u *)(s))
 #define OUT_STR_NF(s)               out_str_nf((char_u *)(s))
 #define MSG_PUTS(s)                 msg_puts((char_u *)(s))