1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/strings.c b/miscutils/strings.c
index 2413c3f2d..c0d4a3f74 100644
--- a/miscutils/strings.c
+++ b/miscutils/strings.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ int strings_main(int argc, char **argv)
                                 opt+=2;
                                 break;
                         case 'n':
-                                n = bb_xgetlarg(optarg, 10, 1, LONG_MAX);
+                                n = bb_xgetlarg(optarg, 10, 1, INT_MAX);
                                 break;
                         default:
                                 bb_show_usage();