1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/memset.c b/newlib/libc/string/memset.c
index ac3590ea4..a5890c884 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/memset.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/memset.c
@@ -59,26 +59,26 @@ _DEFUN (memset, (m, c, n),
   int i;
   unsigned long buffer;
   unsigned long *aligned_addr;
-  unsigned int d = c & 0xff;	/* To avoid sign extension, copy C to an
-				   unsigned variable.  */
 
   if (!TOO_SMALL (n) && !UNALIGNED (m))
     {
       /* If we get this far, we know that n is large and m is word-aligned. */
+
       aligned_addr = (unsigned long*)m;
 
-      /* Store D into each char sized location in BUFFER so that
+      /* Store C into each char sized location in BUFFER so that
          we can set large blocks quickly.  */
+      c &= 0xff;
       if (LBLOCKSIZE == 4)
         {
-          buffer = (d << 8) | d;
+          buffer = (c << 8) | c;
           buffer |= (buffer << 16);
         }
       else
         {
           buffer = 0;
           for (i = 0; i < LBLOCKSIZE; i++)
-	    buffer = (buffer << 8) | d;
+	    buffer = (buffer << 8) | c;
         }
 
       while (n >= LBLOCKSIZE*4)
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ _DEFUN (memset, (m, c, n),
 
   while (n--)
     {
-      *s++ = (char)d;
+      *s++ = (char)c;
     }
 
   return m;