diff --git a/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.c b/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.c
index 03f4f964ebc0..0dbd2d165dda 100644
--- a/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.c
+++ b/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.c
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ printhdr(int maxid, u_long cpumask)
 {
 	int i, num_shown;
 
-	num_shown = (num_selected < maxshowdevs) ? num_selected : maxshowdevs;
+	num_shown = MIN(num_selected, maxshowdevs);
 	if (hflag) {
 		xo_emit("{T:procs}  {T:memory}       {T:/page%*s}", 19, "");
 	} else {