diff --git a/src/apps/terminal/UTF8Char.h b/src/apps/terminal/UTF8Char.h
index f557c5c0e1..ef7c48fb51 100644
--- a/src/apps/terminal/UTF8Char.h
+++ b/src/apps/terminal/UTF8Char.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ struct UTF8Char {
 	static int32 ByteCount(char firstChar)
 	{
 		// Note, this does not recognize invalid chars
-		uint32 c = firstChar;
+		uchar c = firstChar;
 		if (c < 0x80)
 			return 1;
 		if (c < 0xe0)