1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/verror_msg.c b/libbb/verror_msg.c
index 0f018c517..526b9d36c 100644
--- a/libbb/verror_msg.c
+++ b/libbb/verror_msg.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include "libbb.h"
 #include <syslog.h>
 
-int logmode = LOGMODE_STDIO;
+smallint logmode = LOGMODE_STDIO;
 const char *msg_eol = "\n";
 
 void bb_verror_msg(const char *s, va_list p, const char* strerr)