diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index 46d34b0..20c9512 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -1980,7 +1980,7 @@
 		{
 			char *s = (char *)va_arg(args, char *);
 			if (field_width == -1)
-				field_width = SHORT_MAX;
+				field_width = SHRT_MAX;
 			/* first, skip leading white space in buffer */
 			str = skip_spaces(str);