diff --git a/sources/genext2fs.patch b/sources/genext2fs.patch
index 87181e1670..ceef18b939 100644
--- a/sources/genext2fs.patch
+++ b/sources/genext2fs.patch
@@ -2137,7 +2137,7 @@ diff -urN genext2fs-1.3.orig/genext2fs.c genext2fs-1.3/genext2fs.c
  	filesystem *fs;
  	int i;
 -	int c;
-+	char c;
++	int c;
 +	struct stat sb;
 +	FILE *devtable = NULL;