diff --git a/bin/sh/miscbltin.c b/bin/sh/miscbltin.c
index db6b0d67d7bd..0154e032f010 100644
--- a/bin/sh/miscbltin.c
+++ b/bin/sh/miscbltin.c
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ struct limits {
 	const char *name;
 	const char *units;
 	int	cmd;
-	int	factor;	/* multiply by to get rlim_{cur,max} values */
+	short	factor;	/* multiply by to get rlim_{cur,max} values */
 	char	option;
 };