1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/utf8.c b/utf8.c
index 4ca7b1c1f0..b3acd0cbee 100644
--- a/utf8.c
+++ b/utf8.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ Perl_utf8n_to_uvuni(pTHX_ U8 *s, STRLEN curlen, STRLEN *retlen, U32 flags)
     UV uv = *s, ouv = 0;
     STRLEN len = 1;
     bool dowarn = ckWARN_d(WARN_UTF8);
-    U8 startbyte = *s;
+    UV startbyte = *s;
     STRLEN expectlen = 0;
     U32 warning = 0;