diff --git a/usr.bin/tar/bsdtar.h b/usr.bin/tar/bsdtar.h
index 62be3ccab5e2..ee2550883dfb 100644
--- a/usr.bin/tar/bsdtar.h
+++ b/usr.bin/tar/bsdtar.h
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ struct bsdtar {
 	struct matching		*matching;	/* for matching.c */
 	struct security		*security;	/* for read.c */
 	struct name_cache	*uname_cache;	/* for write.c */
-	struct siginfo		*siginfo;	/* for siginfo.c */
+	struct siginfo_data	*siginfo;	/* for siginfo.c */
 };
 
 void	bsdtar_errc(struct bsdtar *, int _eval, int _code,
diff --git a/usr.bin/tar/siginfo.c b/usr.bin/tar/siginfo.c
index e55308bf5e46..f0269a10f67d 100644
--- a/usr.bin/tar/siginfo.c
+++ b/usr.bin/tar/siginfo.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 /* Is there a pending SIGINFO or SIGUSR1? */
 static volatile sig_atomic_t siginfo_received = 0;
 
-struct siginfo {
+struct siginfo_data {
 	/* What sort of operation are we doing? */
 	char * oper;
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ siginfo_init(struct bsdtar *bsdtar)
 {
 
 	/* Allocate space for internal structure. */
-	if ((bsdtar->siginfo = malloc(sizeof(struct siginfo))) == NULL)
+	if ((bsdtar->siginfo = malloc(sizeof(struct siginfo_data))) == NULL)
 		bsdtar_errc(bsdtar, 1, errno, "malloc failed");
 
 	/* Set the strings to NULL so that free() is safe. */