1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/bc.c b/miscutils/bc.c
index dd2d7f22c..f0c323d93 100644
--- a/miscutils/bc.c
+++ b/miscutils/bc.c
@@ -7236,7 +7236,7 @@ static const char bc_lib[] ALIGN1 = {
 "\n"            "}"
 "\n"            "scale=s"
 "\n"            "ibase=b"
-"\n"            "if(n)return(-r/1)"
+"\n"            "if(n)r=-r"
 "\n"            "return(r/1)"
 "\n"    "}"
 "\n"    "define c(x){"