1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/tee.c b/coreutils/tee.c
index 640a231ef..248fd1445 100644
--- a/coreutils/tee.c
+++ b/coreutils/tee.c
@@ -20,23 +20,23 @@ int tee_main(int argc, char **argv)
         FILE **fp;
         char **names;
         char **np;
-        int flags;
-        int retval = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+        char retval;
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_TEE_USE_BLOCK_IO
         ssize_t c;
 # define buf bb_common_bufsiz1
 #else
         int c;
 #endif
-        flags = getopt32(argc, argv, "ia");     /* 'a' must be 2nd */
+        retval = getopt32(argc, argv, "ia");    /* 'a' must be 2nd */
         argc -= optind;
         argv += optind;
 
-        mode += (flags & 2);    /* Since 'a' is the 2nd option... */
+        mode += (retval & 2);   /* Since 'a' is the 2nd option... */
 
-        if (flags & 1) {
+        if (retval & 1) {
                 signal(SIGINT, SIG_IGN); /* TODO - switch to sigaction. */
         }
+        retval = EXIT_SUCCESS;
         /* gnu tee ignores SIGPIPE in case one of the output files is a pipe
          * that doesn't consume all its input.  Good idea... */
         signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);       /* TODO - switch to sigaction. */