1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/posix/tst-exec.c b/posix/tst-exec.c
index f3971e8c97..a67d2000bc 100644
--- a/posix/tst-exec.c
+++ b/posix/tst-exec.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static const char fd2string[] = "This file should stay opened";
 void
 do_prepare (int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-   size_t name_len;
+   char name_len;
 
    name_len = strlen (test_dir);
    name1 = malloc (name_len + sizeof ("/execXXXXXX"));