diff --git a/libexec/rpc.rstatd/rstat_proc.c b/libexec/rpc.rstatd/rstat_proc.c
index 440bdb6f588b..c8f2b97b6bf8 100644
--- a/libexec/rpc.rstatd/rstat_proc.c
+++ b/libexec/rpc.rstatd/rstat_proc.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ union {
 } stats_all;
 
 void updatestat();
-static stat_is_init = 0;
+static int stat_is_init = 0;
 static kvm_t *kd;
 
 static int	cp_time_xlat[RSTAT_CPUSTATES] = { CP_USER, CP_NICE, CP_SYS,