1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/split.c b/src/split.c
index 8d03c1620..e0f83692b 100644
--- a/src/split.c
+++ b/src/split.c
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ closeout (FILE *fp, int fd, pid_t pid, char const *name)
         {
           /* shouldn't happen.  */
           error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0,
-                 _("unknown status from command (0x%X)"), wstatus);
+                 _("unknown status from command (0x%X)"), wstatus + 0u);
         }
     }
 }