1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/networking/ping.c b/networking/ping.c
index 8ccb7e0bf..967a3e378 100644
--- a/networking/ping.c
+++ b/networking/ping.c
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ int ping_main(int argc, char **argv)
         if (argc < 1)
                 bb_show_usage();
 
-        myid = getpid() & 0xFFFF;
+        myid = (int16_t) getpid();
         ping(*argv);
         return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }