2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libc/stdlib/malloc/heap_debug.c b/libc/stdlib/malloc/heap_debug.c
index e83831d3a..a2a9f4ec1 100644
--- a/libc/stdlib/malloc/heap_debug.c
+++ b/libc/stdlib/malloc/heap_debug.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ __heap_dump_freelist (struct heap *heap)
 void
 __heap_dump (struct heap *heap, const char *str)
 {
-  static int recursed = 0;
+  static smallint recursed;
 
   if (! recursed)
     {
diff --git a/libc/stdlib/malloc/malloc.c b/libc/stdlib/malloc/malloc.c
index 770d7aea3..ce74c5608 100644
--- a/libc/stdlib/malloc/malloc.c
+++ b/libc/stdlib/malloc/malloc.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ malloc (size_t size)
 {
   void *mem;
 #ifdef MALLOC_DEBUGGING
-  static int debugging_initialized = 0;
+  static smallint debugging_initialized;
   if (! debugging_initialized)
     {
       debugging_initialized = 1;