1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c
index 98eb636f13..f8f6faa94f 100644
--- a/attr.c
+++ b/attr.c
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ static struct git_attr *(git_attr_hash[HASHSIZE]);
 
 static unsigned hash_name(const char *name, int namelen)
 {
-	unsigned val = 0;
-	unsigned char c;
+	unsigned val = 0, c;
 
 	while (namelen--) {
 		c = *name++;