diff --git a/bsd-user/freebsd/os-syscall.c b/bsd-user/freebsd/os-syscall.c
index 57996cad8a..b4a663fc02 100644
--- a/bsd-user/freebsd/os-syscall.c
+++ b/bsd-user/freebsd/os-syscall.c
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ abi_long do_freebsd_syscall(void *cpu_env, int num, abi_long arg1,
                             abi_long arg8)
 {
     CPUState *cpu = env_cpu(cpu_env);
-    int ret;
+    abi_long ret;
 
     trace_guest_user_syscall(cpu, num, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, arg7, arg8);
     if (do_strace) {