diff --git a/Foundation/NSSwiftRuntime.swift b/Foundation/NSSwiftRuntime.swift
index 6d3c852727..7d8db72582 100644
--- a/Foundation/NSSwiftRuntime.swift
+++ b/Foundation/NSSwiftRuntime.swift
@@ -87,11 +87,11 @@ extension ObjCBool : CustomStringConvertible {
 #endif
 
 internal class __NSCFType : NSObject {
-    private var _cfinfo : Int32
+    private var _cfinfo : _CFInfo
     
     override init() {
         // This is not actually called; _CFRuntimeCreateInstance will initialize _cfinfo
-        _cfinfo = 0
+        _cfinfo = _CFInfo(typeID: 0)
     }
     
     override var hash: Int {