diff --git a/src/dvb/dvb_support.c b/src/dvb/dvb_support.c
index 9830c2b9..9e8b71e7 100644
--- a/src/dvb/dvb_support.c
+++ b/src/dvb/dvb_support.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static int convert_iso_8859[16] = {
 #define convert_utf8   14
 #define convert_iso6937 15
 
-static inline int encode_utf8(uint16_t c, char *outb, int outleft)
+static inline int encode_utf8(unsigned int c, char *outb, int outleft)
 {
   if (c <= 0x7F && outleft >= 1) {
     *outb = c;