diff --git a/pandas/_libs/tslibs/conversion.pyx b/pandas/_libs/tslibs/conversion.pyx
index 7f06784062d1a..7c9c2cafd1afb 100644
--- a/pandas/_libs/tslibs/conversion.pyx
+++ b/pandas/_libs/tslibs/conversion.pyx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import cython
 
 import numpy as np
 cimport numpy as cnp
-from numpy cimport uint8_t, int64_t, int32_t, ndarray
+from numpy cimport uint8_t, int64_t, int32_t, intp_t, ndarray
 cnp.import_array()
 
 import pytz
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ cdef inline int64_t[:] _tz_convert_dst(int64_t[:] values, tzinfo tz,
     cdef:
         Py_ssize_t n = len(values)
         Py_ssize_t i
-        int64_t[:] pos
+        intp_t[:] pos
         int64_t[:] result = np.empty(n, dtype=np.int64)
         ndarray[int64_t] trans
         int64_t[:] deltas