1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/csplit.c b/src/csplit.c
index 531e492ed..07c5c8c57 100644
--- a/src/csplit.c
+++ b/src/csplit.c
@@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ max_out (char *format)
           error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0,
                  _("too many %% conversion specifications in suffix"));
         percent = true;
-        unsigned int flags;
+        int flags;
         f += get_format_flags (f, &flags);
         while (ISDIGIT (*f))
           f++;