1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/archival/libunarchive/check_header_gzip.c b/archival/libunarchive/check_header_gzip.c
index 09cd6a94e..66aa57460 100644
--- a/archival/libunarchive/check_header_gzip.c
+++ b/archival/libunarchive/check_header_gzip.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ void check_header_gzip_or_die(int src_fd)
 
         if (header.formatted.flags & 0x04) {
                 /* bit 2 set: extra field present */
-                unsigned char extra_short;
+                unsigned extra_short;
 
                 extra_short = xread_char(src_fd) + (xread_char(src_fd) << 8);
                 while (extra_short > 0) {