1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index adcedf615..bcbb7a994 100644
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -417,11 +417,11 @@ static int writeFileToTarball(const char *fileName, struct stat *statbuf,
 
         header_name = fileName;
         while (header_name[0] == '/') {
-                static int alreadyWarned = FALSE;
+                static smallint warned;
 
-                if (alreadyWarned == FALSE) {
+                if (!warned) {
                         bb_error_msg("removing leading '/' from member names");
-                        alreadyWarned = TRUE;
+                        warned = 1;
                 }
                 header_name++;
         }