1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/escape.c b/lib/escape.c
index 06ac04d71..fd08451de 100644
--- a/lib/escape.c
+++ b/lib/escape.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ char *curl_easy_escape(CURL *handle, const char *string, int inlength)
   size_t alloc = (inlength?(size_t)inlength:strlen(string))+1;
   char *ns;
   char *testing_ptr = NULL;
-  unsigned char in;
+  char in;
   size_t newlen = alloc;
   int strindex=0;
   size_t length;